Grace Ann Bumbry

John Lee Hooker

A distinguished musician in the transformative years of the 1950s and 1960s, John Lee Hooker effortlessly left an indelible mark on the culture of Blues music. Born a son of a sharecropper from Mississippi, United States, in August, 1917, Hooker rose to have a prominent influence in the

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Uganda: High Court Rules Police Halting Bobi Wine Concerts Illegal

Robert Kyagulanyi, a member of Uganda’s National Assembly popularly known as Bobi Wine says he is not excited about a court ruling that declared police orders to halt his concerts in the country

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Alioune Diop (1910-1980)

Alioune Diop was the first black francophone publisher and a major figure in the African intellectual movement of the mid-twentieth century. Diop was born in 1910, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, the first son of ten siblings in a Wolof family. His earliest education was in a Koranic school, but he later

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The Last Poets (1968 - )

The Last Poets, a group of musicians and poet performers, originated out of the civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the black

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Angola: Lunda Sul Governor Encourages Farmers to Increase Production

Saurimo — The governor of eastern Lunda Sul province Daniel Neto Wednesday encouraged farmers in the region to increase production in order to increase incomes and guarantee the subsistence of families, as well as the diversification of the economy, through

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Source: allAfrica.com

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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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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27

1972

Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul,[1] [2] is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,[3] Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group

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May

28

1944

Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)

Marian Anderson, renowned contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson, a small business owner, and Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson, a former Virginia

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Virtual gospel concert held to benefit scholarship fund at ‘The BLVD’

“Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s Annual College Scholarship fundraising efforts are always an exciting time for both the scholarship recipients and our congregation as a whole,” said Dr. J. Lawrence Turner, MBCC senior

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DePriest, James (1936-2013)

The African American conductor James DePriest is the nephew of the singer Marian Anderson. DePreist is the Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Laureate Music Director of the Oregon Symphony, and Director of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at the Juilliard

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Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Provides Reemployment Assistance Update - May 14

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance: The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program provides unemployment benefits to those that may not otherwise be eligible under Florida’s state Reemployment Assistance program, including independent contractors and individuals who are

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Zimbabwean woman feeds people starved by COVID-19

For the past 19 days, Samantha Murozoki, an immigration lawyer, has been helping the most vulnerable residents of her neighbourhood in

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First Jazz Concert in Boston Church

A jazz concert of sacred music by the legendary Duke Ellington and his orchestra was performed at Union Methodist Church in July, 1966, the first time a jazz performance had been held in a Boston church.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Bridgetower, George (1780-1860)

Eighteenth and nineteenth century classical violinist George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower is perhaps now best remembered for his association with Ludwig von Beethoven, who composed his Kreutzer Sonata for the young Afro-European musician, and personally performed the sonata for violin and piano

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1780

These Black Tattoo Artists Share Tips On How To Get Longer-Lasting Color Tats On Brown Skin

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Zimbabwe

Despite being looked upon unfavorably by the populace, Mugabe took 61% of the vote in presidential elections in July 2013, soundly defeating Tsvangirai. Mugabes Zanu-PF party also won 158 out of 210 seats in parliament. Tsvangirai alleged the vote was rigged, but decided against challenging the

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Local youth designs new Q Brothers’ album cover | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Q Brothers, the award-winning hip hop theater collective, has released its first kids’ album, and a local youth from the Edgewater neighborhood designed the album

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

History of the African-Americans in Philadelphia

This article documents the history of the African-Americans in

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MUSIC MONDAY: That’s What Friends Are For: Stevie Wonder Duets (LISTEN)

As Good Black News continues its month-long tribute to Stevie Wonder in his 70th year on planet Earth, Marlon West has compiled a new Spotify playlist celebrating the times Wonder has graciously and successfully shared the spotlight with other

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Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of African Americans from the rural agricultural South to the urban industrial North (1914–18), many who came to

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Jazz

Read about the artists who have shaped jazz, the influences theyve incorporated, and the techniques theyve developed in this collection.

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Mahalia Jackson - Amazing Grace

Through It All Andrae Crouch - Duration: 7:53. goodae09 4,227,882 views

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was the most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century. Like Jelly Roll Morton, Armstrong began playing in New Orleans clubs and saloons in his early teens. By the 1920s Armstrong was touring the country and leading his own band, the Hot Five (later the Hot Seven). He continued to

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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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Jul

6

1971

Black Arts/West

Black Arts/West was Seattle’s first black theatre, eventually became a nationally known entity across the United States. Evolving out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, it was founded by Douglas Q. Barnett in 1969. Black Arts/West functioned as a three component program: theatre, dance, and

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Jazz sensation George Duke dies at 67

Jazz icon George Duke passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at

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Art Historian

Art historian Edmund B. Gaither, curator and director of the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, has been a leading spokesman for the Black artist in Boston for over 25 years. He is internationally known as an advocate of African-American visual artists and as a contributor to

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Afrika Bambaataa, Harry Belafonte's BeatStreet, SugarHill Records, Disco Fever in 2015 Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Inductees Class for TV Show March 2015 NYC

The 2015 Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Inductee Class will be lead by Afrika Bambaataa for Lifetime Achievement, Harry Belafonte’s classic Hip Hop Film BeatStreet now celebrating 30 years, Sal Abitello and his Disco Fever venue in the Bronx where many Hip Hop Stars and Legends were made, Sylvia

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Fort, Syvilla (1917-1975)

Syvilla Fort, born on July 3, 1917 in Seattle, was a professional dancer in the 1930s and early 1940s and prominent dance instructor in New York City for three decades between 1948 and 1975. Her dance style, which combined African, Caribbean, and American rhythms, influenced hundreds of

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