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Rainey, Gertrude “Ma” (1886-1939)
Businesswoman and entertainer Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, known as the Mother of Blues, was the most popular blues singer/songwriter of the 1920s. She is considered to be the first woman to introduce blues into her performances. As a single woman, she established her own entertainment company
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Source: Black Past
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Price, Florence Beatrice Smith (1887-1953)
Florence Beatrice Smith, the first black woman composer to garner an international reputation, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1887, to James H. Smith, a dentist, and Florence Gulliver Smith, a former school teacher and private lesson piano teacher who also managed several local
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Source: Black Past
Hackley, Emma Azalia (1867-1922)
Emma Azalia Smith Hackley was an African American singer and Denver political activist born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 1867.  Her parents, business owners Henry and Corilla Smith, moved to Detroit where she attended Washington Normal School, graduating in 1886.  Smith, a child prodigy learned to
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Source: Black Past
Dec
13
1922
Ruling fuels call for state LGBTQ protections –
TALLAHASSEE – LGBTQ advocates are hailing Monday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that gay, lesbian and transgender workers are covered by federal anti discrimination laws, but they say Florida needs to do
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J.R. Smith Not Expected To Face Charges After Beating Up Alleged LA Vandal
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Businessman Frank Baker pays off tuition of Spelman College graduates
Frank Baker, the founder and managing partner of Siris, a leading private equity firm in technology and telecommunications that’s raised nearly $6.0 billion in capital, announced he is paying the tuition balances of about 50 seniors who are graduating from
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NCAA to lift moratorium on football, basketball workouts
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus
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7 Summer 2020 Hair Trends To Try Right Now
Finally able to get into their stylist’s chair, many are excited to try bold new looks and summer hair
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Outrage After Black Man Sentenced to 55-Years in Prison After Alabama Cop Killed His Friend
Millbrook, AL — Lakeith Smith, an African American man from Alabama, was just 15-years old when he was convicted of felony murder after a police officer shot and killed his friend in 2015 under the state’s accomplice liability
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John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power
John Carlos and Tommie Smith staged Black Power demonstration on victory stand after winning 200-meter event at Olympics in Mexico City. Carlos and Smith said they were protesting racism in America.
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Oct
16
1968
Jada Pinkett-Smith Inspires With Her At-Home Fitness Routines [VIDEO]
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(2014) Rita Bender, "Thoughts for the People of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church"
On June 15, 2014, as part of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, Rita Bender returned to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Longdale, Mississippi to give an address commemorating the church’s role in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.  In January
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Stephen A. Smith Slams ‘Foolish’ NBA Stars If They Don’t ‘Show Up To Work’ Because Of Racial Oppression
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Protests Spark Renewed Outcry Over Black Teen’s 55-Year 'Accomplice' Prison Sentence
Nationwide anti-racism protests have sparked renewed outcry over the 55-year prison sentence an Alabama teen received after he was convicted under the state’s accomplice liability law in the death of his friend, who was fatally shot by a police officer in
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Popular Jamaican promoter shot dead
(Jamaica Star) Well known Montego Bay promoter Barrington ‘Bounty’ Smith, was gunned down by two armed men in broad daylight yesterday
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Smith, Bessie (1894-1937)
Along with Ma Rainey and Mamie Smith, singer Bessie Smith helped pioneer the genre of blues music and propel it into popular culture. Her early death at the age of 43 cut short a career that influenced the direction of American music and contributed to the success of African Americans in the
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Sep
26
1937
Alabama basketball star, UAB freshman Jamari Smith, 18, drowns
18-year-old incoming University of Alabama at Birmingham freshman, Jamari Smith was swimming with friends, when he grew tired, went under and
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Woody Strode and Other African-American Athletes Went from Sports to The Silver Screen – Free Press of Jacksonville
While he helped break the NFL’s color line in 1946 with the Los Angeles Rams, Strode is better remembered for his role as Draba, the Ethiopian gladiator, in the 1960 action-packed historical drama
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Smith, E. Russell "Noodles" (? - 1952)
E. Russell Noodles Smith, so named because he always kept enough money for a bowl of noodles after a night of gambling, is considered to be the father – or perhaps the midwife - of Seattle jazz. He arrived in Seattle during the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition in 1909 with $17,000 that he claimed
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Video of Shane Dawson objectifying Willow Smith resurfaces
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Smith, Ada “Bricktop” (1894-1984)
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith. Her father passed away in 1898 and Mrs. Smith moved
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Source: Black Past
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Jan
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1984
Two Arrested In Fatal Stabbing of 67-year-old
Kenneth Smith, 61, of Baltimore and Brelan Handy, 27, of the 2600 block of Woodhill Drive, Glen Burnie, are both charged with first and second degree murder in the killing of Paul
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Amanda Smith
Amanda Smith , née Berry (born Jan. 23, 1837, Long Green, Md., U.S.—died Feb. 24, 1915, Sebring, Fla.), American evangelist and missionary who opened an orphanage for African-American
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City of Cape Town pays tribute to firefighter who died of Covid-19
The City said Mbhokhwe was a "credit" to the fire and rescue
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NYC – Immigrant Workers Bill of Rights Pass by City Council 
The Immigrant Workers Bill of Rights was created by legislation that the City Council enacted last week in an effort to combat wage theft and other types of abuse. The bill's author, councilmember Shahana Hanif, stated that one goal of the legislation was to safeguard asylum seekers who have been
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Resurfaced News Clip From 2016 About Police Brutality Goes Viral Because…RELEVANT
The viral video that has been posted on various celebrities pages including Diddy and Shaun King is actually footage from an interview given by Sedan Smith in 2016 after his older brother Sylville Smith was murdered by Milwaukee
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Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl Smith, better known as Ozzie Smith, is a retired professional baseball player who played for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. He was born on December 26, 1954 in Mobile, Alabama and was one of six children born to Clovi and Marvella Smith. Smith quotes his mother as being
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Dec
26
1954
Smith, Hale (1925–2009)
Performer, composer, arranger and teacher, Hale Smith, Jr., encompassed the worlds of jazz and classical music. Beginning with his childhood in Cleveland, Ohio, he trained in jazz and classical composition, performance, and teaching. His collaborations and influence crossed multiple fields where he
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1925
Can Photography Be Decolonial?
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