Cole, Nat “King” (1919–1965)

Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole, the daughter of R&B legend Nat King Cole, was born on February 6, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. She has followed in her father’s footsteps to become one of the most heard-of R&B, soul and pop musicians of all time. An acclaimed, singer, songwriter and pianist, Cole

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Feb

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1950

American Civil War

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Ted Radcliffe

Ted Radcliffe , byname of Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe (born July 7, 1902, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.—died August 11, 2005, Chicago, Illinois), American baseball player who was a pitcher and catcher in the Negro leagues. Radcliffe was known for his strong throwing arm and, later, for his expansive

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Aug

11

2005

Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher - Birthday

Angela Yvonne Davis was born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Jan

26

1944

Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1960 to 1964

This civil rights movement timeline chronicles important dates during the struggles second chapter, the early 1960s. While the fight for racial equality began in the 1950s, the non-violent techniques the movement embraced began to pay off during the following decade. Civil rights activists and

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Little Richard’s Funeral And Burial To Take Place At An Alabama HBCU

Little Richard, who passed away last weekend, will have a private funeral and burial at an Alabama historically black college next

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Nat King Cole (45), singer and pianist, died in

Nat King Cole (45), singer and pianist, died in Santa Monica, California.

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Feb

15

1965

Hallie Quinn Brown: Harlem Renaissance Figure

Known for: popular lecturer and dramatic elocutionist, role in Harlem Renaissance, preservation of Frederick Douglass home; African American educator

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DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951) - Birthday

A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871.

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Mar

9

1871

Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher

Angela Davis is known as a radical activist, philosopher, writer, speaker, and educator. She was well known for a time through her association with the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s. She was fired from one teaching job for being a Communist, and she appeared on the Federal Bureau of

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Aug

7

1970

African-Americans Are Highly Visible in the Military, but Almost Invisible at the Top

Of the 41 most senior commanders in the military — those with four-star rank in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard — only two are black: Gen. Michael X. Garrett, who leads the Army’s Forces Command, and Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr, the commander of Pacific Air

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Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Beginning in 1968, he was a member of the funk and soul band the Commodores and then launched a solo career in 1982. He also co-wrote the 1985 charity single We Are the World with Michael

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Jun

20

1949

The Child Care Industry Is About To Collapse. There’s No Bailout Coming.

Operating a child care center was never a big money-maker in the best of times, but running one during a pandemic is basically like taking a bunch of money and setting it on

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Otis J. Rene (born) and his brother Leon will establish Exclusive and Excelsior

Otis J. Rene (born) and his brother Leon will establish Exclusive and Excelsior Records in the 1930s. By the mid-1940s the brothers will be leading independent record producers whose artists will include Nat King Cole, Herb Jeffries, and Johnny Otis.

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Oct

2

1898

African American History and Women - Timeline 1950-1959

[Previous] [Next] • Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize (for Annie Allen) • Althea Gibson became the first African American to play at Wimbledon • Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony Award, for playing Bloody Mary in South Pacific • (Ja

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Dec

21

1959

Bartech Founder John W. Barfield is Celebrated in Inspiring Detroit Public TV Documentary

Bartech, a leader in global workforce solutions, is proud to announce that Detroit Public Television (DPTV) will broadcast a one hour documentary about the company’s founder, John W. Barfield. Based in part on his autobiography, “Starting From Scratch: The Humble Beginnings of a Two

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Cole, Nat King

Cole, Nat King, 1919–65, American musician and composer, b. Montgomery, Ala., as Nathaniel Adams Coles. A jazz pianist, he played Los Angeles nightclubs and in 1938 formed the original King Cole Trio. Later he turned to singing and became internationally popular for his smooth, velvety voice and

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Jesse Owens - Birthday

Owens was the youngest of ten children, three girls and seven boys, born to Henry Cleveland Owens (a sharecropper) and Mary Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913.

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12

1913

Apple, Google Release Pandemic Apps | Afro

The companies said 22 countries and several U.S. states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their

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Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater

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Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands

So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was only natural for Lester to spring into

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About Martin Luther King Jr. - Personal Facts

On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a baptist minister and his mom a schoolteacher. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up to be a very intelligent boy. In 1934, at the age of five, he was already in first grade. However, when his teacher learned of his

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Jan

15

1929

The Color Purple (musical)

The Color Purple is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell, and Allee Willis. Based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker, the show follows the journey of Celie, an African-American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th

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Sep

9

2004

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin , in full Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.), American singer who defined the golden age of soul music of the 1960s. Franklin’s mother, Barbara, was a gospel singer and pianist. Her father, C.L. Franklin, presided over the New Bethel Baptist

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Mar

25

1942

Nat King Cole

Born: 3/17/1919 Montgomery, AlabamaDied: 2/15/1965 Santa Monica, CaliforniaNathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist.Awards / Achievements:

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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin;[2] May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United

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Joe Louis - The World Heavyweight Champion

Who Was Joe

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A Biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. was in Miami when he had a meeting with film producer Abby Mann, who was contemplating a movie biography about King. Mann asked the 37-year-old minister how the movie should end. King replied, It ends with me getting

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Roberts, Robin René (1960- )

American television broadcaster Robin René Roberts is the anchor of Good Morning America, an ABC morning news show broadcast from its studios in New York, New York. In December 2013, she quietly came out as a lesbian in a Facebook post that acknowledged her long-time girlfriend, Amber

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Nov

23

1960

Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial

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