John Singleton, Director

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1951

WaterTower Theatre Announces Updates to Summer 2020 Programming | Dallas Weekly

WaterTower Theatre announced that it will round out its 2019-20 season with video on demand filmed presentations of I Am My Own Wife this July and a star-studded concert event in

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Kienjanae Hooper Is Latest Black Student Banned From Walking In Her Graduation Because Of Hair

Source: / Kieana Hooper

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Bob Johnson Calls on BLM to Establish Independent Black Political Party to Help Advance Black Interests

Last week, Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), sent an open letter to the “leaders and supporters” of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for them to consider establishing “a formal independent political

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Common - AALAS 2019 Nominee

Common – Let Love Have The Last Word

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LeBron James And Other Stars Form A Voting Rights Group | The Oklahoma Eagle

Invoking the names of an earlier generation of athletes who called for social justice, Mr. James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, said he wanted to be a model for future

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Here's Why The #ESSENCEChallenge Is So Important

The Vogue challenge took off quickly, sweeping Twitter and Instagram with Black and Brown faces on the covers, an occurrence which is few and far between for the

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Ray Charles

“Georgia On My Mind” became the official state song of Georgia in 1979… Charles was played by actor Jamie Foxx in the 2004 biographical feature Ray. Foxx won an Oscar as the year’s best actor for the role… Charles’s autobiography Brother Ray (written with David Ritz) was published in

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

‘TikTok Is Urs Sweetie’: Fans Claim Reginae Carter Is the ‘Queen of TikTok’

Despite Carter using a bottle of salad dressing instead of apple juice, she channeled Eve’s outfit from the

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre

Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

EC hospital beset by issues as Mkhize raises concerns about spike in Covid-19 cases

While Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has raised concerns about the rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape, its largest casualty unit with a dedicated isolation site, Livingstone Hospital, is

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Esther Rolle

Esther Rolle was an American actress known for her performances on CBS

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

17

1998

Spike Lee on honorary Oscar: 'This came out of nowhere, but that's how blessings often come'

Spike Lee was surprised to learn that he was being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — a group he hadn’t been afraid to criticize in the past for its lack of

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Thomas Routt Scholarships

The Thomas H. Routt Scholarship Fund, in upholding the legacy of the late Judge Thomas H. Routt, has awarded $1,000 each in grants to Caleb J. James of North Shore High School and Jacob H. Boyd of Shadow Creek High School for

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Oscar Charleston - Birthday

Oscar Charleston , in full Oscar McKinley Charleston (born October 14, 1896, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.

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Oct

14

1896

West Indian History: Biographies

West Indian History: Biographies | FactMonster

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Hattie McDaniel, Oscar winning actress, born

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Jun

10

1898

Protestors Take Action After David Oyelowo Said ‘Selma’ Was Blackballed

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.

His brother, actor Omar Gooding, also played a football star in the 2003 ESPN series Playmakers… His father, Cuba Gooding, Sr., sang lead for the pop group The Main Ingredient; their big hit (1972) was “Everybody Plays the Fool”… Cuba Gooding, Jr. has two sons: Spencer (b. 1993) and

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Dorothy Dandridge

Dandridge was played by actress Halle Berry in the 1999 TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. By coincidence, Berry became the first African-American woman to win the Oscar as best actress, for her role in the 2001 film Monster’s Ball… Dandridge and Harold Nicholas had one daughter, Harolyn, born

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Robert De Niro opens about raising biracial children: 'I take certain things for granted'

Robert De Niro attends the 92nd Annual Academy Awards in

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LETTERS: Online learning has exposed inequalities

As a result of the decision, a total of 91,591 public and private learning institutions were closed, disrupting the school calendar and affecting the

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Source: Business Daily

John Legend and Alicia Keys to Face Off During Juneteenth Verzuz Battle

Alicia Keys and John Legend are preparing to bless us with a bonafide soul session on Juneteenth thanks to

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

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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Source: Black Past

Dec

22

1934

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Jun

20

1949

First Black Episcopal Priest

In 1894, at the Church of St. Augustine, Oscar Lieber Mitchell was the first African-American ordained into the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in Boston.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Black America Should Be Exempt From Paying Taxes, Our Bill Is Already Paid

But now hip-hop mogul Ice Cube, 50, wants the IRS to exempt Black people from paying

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Source: The Black Chronicle

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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Source: Black Past

Dec

22

1883

Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy Jr. is the founder of Motown Records, the first black owned music label in the U.S. He was born on November 28, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy. He had seven other siblings and was the seventh of his eight siblings. He is a descendent of a white

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Nov

28

1929

10 Famous African American Women You Should Know About

It is not untrue when they said it’s a men’s world. One hardly see equal ratio of man and woman, be it in a workplace setting, educational institute or sports. Men always tend to stay ahead of women throughout the history. Even in the twenty-first century we see a huge pay gap between two genders

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