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Meet a New Set of Hustlers on American Gangster: Trap Queens

Get to know the women who fought for control, expansion, domination and money by any means necessary on American Gangster: Trap Queens, premiering Wednesday, April 7 at 9/8c.

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Brawley, Tawana Glenda (1972– )

Tawana Brawley is an African American woman from Wappinger’s Falls, New York, who became known when she was 15 years old in 1987 for wrongly accusing four white men for brutally raping her in Dutchess

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was a multi-talented American jazz icon who was a singer, trumpeter, actor and comedian. He was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had an impoverished childhood; his father was a factory worker who abandoned the family when Armstrong was born and his mother often

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Babyface's 20 Greatest Moments

Born April 10, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kenneth Babyface Edmonds is a 10-time Grammy Award winner and one of the most prolific artists, composers and producers in music history. Beginning his career as a member of the group The Deele, he was nicknamed Babyface by famed bass player Bootsy

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Jay Z vs. Nas: The Story Behind the Beef

The Jay Z vs. Nas beef was a gladiatorial battle between two rap titans. For almost a decade, two of raps most decorated emcees went at each others throat. They started off with subliminal jabs and moved up to body shots. Fans cheered on. Crews got in the mix. Digs got so personal that parents had

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Robert Johnson Argues Black Americans Should Be Paid $14 Trillion In Reparations: ‘Wealth Transfer Is Exactly What’s Needed’

Robert Johnson said this week the United States owes the Black community trillions of dollars in

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CrossFit CEO Responds To Backlash After George Floyd Tweet

Greg Glassman, CrossFit CEO, is now apologizing after his controversial tweet responding to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black Minneapolis man who died on May 25 after a white officer kneeled on his neck for more than

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BET To Hold 2020 BET Awards Virtually

The network announced that the three-day BET Experience, which annually takes place in Los Angeles as a prelude to the award show, has been called off and will return in

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Robert L. Johnson

Robert L. Johnson is Founder & Chairman of The RLJ Companies. In this role, Johnson heads a business network that owns or holds interests in a diverse portfolio of companies in the consumer financial services, private equity, real estate, hospitality, professional sports, film

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Perry’s Studio Moves Toward Reopening While Industry Waits | Afro

But while Perry is looking to restart production in July, other studios in Georgia and beyond are anxiously waiting for Hollywood’s green

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BET Holdings, Inc. the parent company of Black Entertainment Television sells 4.

BET Holdings, Inc. the parent company of Black Entertainment Television sells 4.2 million shares of stock in an initial public offering on the NYSE, BET is the first African American company listed on the Big Board.

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Prior to Twitter, Madati was Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. Madati lead the teams responsible for all aspects of digital, social and mobile strategy and oversees operations, content creation, technology, product development, and third-party

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The Jersey Kevin Garnett Rocked In “Uncut Gems” Sold At Auction To Benefit COVID-19 Relief

The Boston Celtic legend came up with a creative idea and decided to auction off the jersey he was rocking in the final scenes of Uncut

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Tavis Smiley is a well known talk show host and media personality. He was born on September 13, 1964 in Gulfport, Mississippi to a single teenaged mother named Joyce Marie Roberts. Joyce married a US Air Force Officer named Emory Garnell Smiley, and Tavis was named after his stepfather. He did not

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Jonson was born two months after his father died. His stepfather was a bricklayer, but by good fortune the boy was able to attend Westminster School. His formal education, however, ended early, and he at first followed his stepfather’s trade, then fought with some success with the English forces in

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Watch What Happens When You Give “Too Much Dap” In Hilarious ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Clip

We could all use a little humor, and the show’s “Black History Month Spectacular” Juneteenth (June.19) return is right on

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Queen Tiye is regarded as one of the most influential

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Name at birth: Ruby Ann Wallace

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Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her

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American rapper Nas was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones in Queens, New York on September 14, 1973 to jazz musician Olu Hara and Fannie Ann Jones. He was musically inclined from his childhood and began playing the trumpet at the age of 4. He initially wanted to be a jazz musician but turned to rap

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1973

Black Entertainment Television (BET) (1980-- )

Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a Viacom–owned cable network based in Washington, D.C. The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black

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Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate the New York City Fire Department

In the following article Ginger Adams Otis, a staff writer at the New York Daily News and a longtime city reporter, describes her more-than-decade-long research following the evolution of a landmark civil rights case brought by the Vulcan Society, a determined group of activist black New York City

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Thomas, Harry K., Jr. (1956- )

Though born in New York City, New York’s Harlem community, Harry Keels Thomas, Jr. was raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Queens where most parents were civil servants. His mother was a social worker and his father, a World War II veteran, operated small businesses. Thomas finished

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Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era

On October 16, 1943 Henry Ossawa Tanner’s painting Flight into Egypt (see illustration) was hanging in the entrance hall of a home located at 127 Randolph Place in Washington, D.C. The occasion was the opening of the Barnett-Aden Gallery which was founded by James Herring, an artist and art

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Happy Birthday, Hazel Scott!

Hazel Dorothy Scott was an internationally-known jazz and classical pianist and

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"Hit the Floor's" Jonathan McDaniel Releases Two New Singles

Jonathan “Lil J” McDaniel continues to inspire fans with his two new singles, “Like Me” featuring Bobby Luv, and “Dance Is on the House,” which debuted on the June 30 episode of “Hit the Floor” to 3.9 million

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BET co-founder calls for $14T in reparations for Black Americans | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Dash, Stacey (1967- )

Stacey Lauretta Dash is an American actress and talk show host. She is most widely known for co-staring in the film Clueless (1995), which later turned into a television series (1996-1999). She is also cited for her recurring role in The Cosby Show (1984–1992), The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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Meet the Black Republican Woman Trying to Unseat Civil Rights Icon John Lewis – Free Press of Jacksonville

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Norfleet, Tia (1986– )

Shaunita Latrice “Tia” Norfleet is the first and, as of 2016, only African American female to be licensed as a NASCAR driver. Born on May 1, 1986, in Suffolk, Virginia, Tia is the daughter of Bobby Norfleet, a professional racecar driver in the 1990s. Her mother’s name is

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