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Thanks to the buzz over his films Crash and Hustle & Flow, Terrence Howard had a career breakthrough in 2005 after more than a decade of stand-out performances in television and feature films. Howard began getting small roles in TV shows in the early 1990s. His appearances in feature films such
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Discovering The Civil War with Ken Burns
Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker extraordinaire who brought the Civil War to life for so many of us, joined the National Archives in opening a press preview of our latest exhibit: Discovering the Civil
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James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is particularly known for his resonant basso voice and commanding presence. His early successes were in the New York theater, first in Shakespeares Othello and The Emperor Jones (both 1964), and, more famously, The Great White Hope, for which he won the 1969 Tony award. He started
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is a celebrated American actress, comedian and human rights advocate. She was born as Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955, in New York City and was raised by a single mother in a housing project of Manhattan. Her father abandoned the family and her mother struggled to raise
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Cooley High
Cooley High, directed by Michael Schultz, is a comedic drama that follows the narrative of high school seniors and best-friends, Leroy “Preach” Jackson (Glynn Turman) and Richard “Cochise” Morris (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs). Written by Eric Monte, and produced by American
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Holden, Oscar (1887-1969)
Oscar Holden, often called the patriarch of Seattle jazz, was one of the earliest of Seattle, Washington’s influential jazz musicians.  Holden was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1887. Before moving to Chicago, Illinois to escape from the South, Holden had played on Fate Marable’s famous
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Thurman, Wallace (1902-1934)
Wallace Thurman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 16, 1902 to Beulah and Oscar Thurman.  He was reared by his maternal grandmother, Emma Jackson, who was among the founders of Calvary Baptist Missionary Church—the first black church in Utah.  Young Thurman lived for a time in
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Willie D. Burton
Willie D. Burton becomes the first African American to win the Oscar for sound, for the movie Bird.
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Mya
Mya Marie Harrison, or simply Mya, is a Grammy award winning singer, actress and dancer who has appeared in a variety of roles over the years. Named after acclaimed poet Maya Angelou, Mya was born on October 10, 1979 in Washington D.C. Her father Sherman is an African American while her mother
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Mitchell, Arthur Wergs (1883-1968)
In 1934, Arthur Wergs Mitchell became the first African American Democrat elected to Congress from any state. Mitchell served four terms as a Representative in Congress for the state of Illinois (1935-1943). Mitchell was born near Lafayette Alabama on December 22, 1883 and was educated at
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Don Siegel
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Jaleel White was born November 27, 1976 in Pasadena, California. He started acting in commercials for Jack In The Box and other companies at the age of 3. His first televison role was on CBSs The Jeffersons in 1985. Jaleel White is best remembered as being the ever annoying and loveable Steve Urkel
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1976
Jimenez, Tai (1970- )
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1970
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Msando murder: Oscar Sudi in trouble
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Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry is an Oscar winning Hollywood actress who is known for her stunning good looks, wide array of roles and being the face of Revlon cosmetics. She was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio to Jerome and Judith Berry and has an older sister named Heidi. Her father was an
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