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Brazil

In the early morning hours of Jan. 27, 2013, a fire broke out in a nightclub in Santa Maria, a southern city in Brazil. The cause of the fire was a flare from pyrotechnics used by a band performing on stage at the club. At the time of the fire, the club was packed with hundreds of students from

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Papa Wemba - Birthday

Papa Wemba

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Jun

14

1949

Love Letter with Freddie Ransome

The comical content creator checks in on the outside world.

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Pete's Dragon (2016)

Petes Dragon (2016) - Savoy Network

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Will Smith Makes Movie Deal For Slave Drama Emancipation

Will Smith will produce the film through Westbrook Studios.

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Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll is a notable African-American television and stage actress and singer. Her successful career spanned for over six decades. She appeared in all black cast films such as Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). Moreover, she also starred in the first Broadway play, Julia, to

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Jul

17

1935

BET Awards 20: Best Male and Female Actor Winners at the BET Awards

2020 BET Awards will virtually premiere June 28 at 8pm EST.

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Williams, Camilla (1919-2012)

Professional opera singer Camilla Williams was born October 18, 1919 in Danville, Virginia to Fannie Carey Williams and Cornelius Booker Williams. The youngest of four siblings, Williams began singing at a young age and was performing at her local church by age eight. At age 12, she began taking

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Jan

29

2012

Kyrie Irving Producing TV Special About Breonna Taylor

#SayHerName

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Alicia Keys

Best Known

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Otis Redding

Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American singer and songwriter who immensely influenced the genre of soul, despite a short lived career due to his untimely death. He was born on September 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia to Otis Redding, Sr. and Fannie Redding. The family moved to Macon when Redding was

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Dec

10

1967

Armatrading, Joan (1950-- )

Singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading, best known for her influential and eclectic music styles, ranging from soul, pop, and even reggae, was born on December 9, 1950 in Basseterre in Saint Kitts and Nevis. She lived there for seven years until her and her family relocated to

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Dec

9

1950

‘Power’ Spin-off With Tariq and Tasha Drops In September

"Power Book II: Ghost" will also star Method Man.

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Pharrell Williams Creates Gospel Docu-Series For Netflix

The singer heads to his hometown.

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Cardi B, Rihanna, Ice Cube Urge People To Vote In Primaries

"Vote for the change you want!!!"

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Mahalia Jackson - Birthday

Mahalia Jackson was a legendary Gospel singer in the 20th century, born on October 26, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Oct

26

1911

Beyonce Publishes Poem for Blue Ivy

Beyoncé’s upcoming expansive feature for CR Fashion Book will include a special dedication to her daughter Blue Ivy in the form of spoken

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Knight, Gladys (1944– )

Gladys Maria Knight is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and humanitarian. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 28, 1944, to Sarah and Merald Knight Sr. and began singing in church as a child. At age seven, she gained minor fame after winning a performance contest on

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May

28

1944

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole’s daughter from his second marriage, Natalie Cole (February 6, 1950 -- December 31, 2015), also became a singer; she had a hit “duet” with her late father’s recording of “Unforgettable” in 1991… Nat King Cole played W.C. Handy in the 1958 movie St. Louis Blues.

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Feb

6

1950

Gregory Hines - Birthday

Gregory Oliver Hines was a renowned actor, dancer, singer and choreographer, born on February 14, 1946 in New York City, New York.

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Feb

14

1946

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt was a singer and actress who recorded the hit holiday song “Santa Baby”. She was born on January 17, 1927 in South Carolina to an African American mother and a white father. She was raised by Anna Mae Riley, as her biological mother had abandoned her. It wasn’t until later

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Jan

17

1927

Cole, Nat “King” (1919–1965) - Birthday

Jazz pianist and popular singer Nathaniel Adams Coles was born into a musical family in Montgomery, Alabama on March 17, 1919.

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Mar

17

1919

LeBron James Rookie Card Tops Seven Figures At Auction

The bidding war closes on July 18.

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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson was a legendary Gospel singer in the 20th century, born on October 26, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Often referred to as the ‘Queen of Gospel’, Jackson was revered as an outstanding singer and civil rights activist. Her career spanned 45 years, and in that time, she recorded

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Jan

27

1972

Sammy Davis Jr.

Samuel George “Sammy” Davis, Jr. simply known as Sammy Davis Jr., was an acclaimed American entertainer of the 20th century. Born in Harlem, New York on December 8, 1925, Davis spent the better half of his life enjoying the rare skill of making other people happy. While he was primarily

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Jones, Quincy

Jones, Quincy (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), 1933–, African-American musician, composer, bandleader, and music executive, b. Chicago. Jones played trumpet and sang gospel growing up, and studied briefly at Bostons Berklee College of Music (then called Schillinger House). After 1951 he played with

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Susan E. Chapman-Hughes

Susan E. Chapman-Hughes - Savoy Network

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Hidden Figures (2017)

Hidden Figures (2017) - Savoy Network

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson was a highly renowned classical singer who became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She was born on February 27, 1897 to John and Annie Anderson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father ran an ice and coal business and his mother was a babysitter. She

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Feb

27

1897

Verrett, Shirley (1931-2010)

Shirley Verrett was a distinguished mezzo-soprano and soprano opera singer. Born in New Orleans on May 31, 1931, one of five children to strict Seventh Day Adventists, her father was a successful building contractor. She came from a musical family, her mother often sang in the house and her father

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