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Nina Simone

The story of her stage name is that she chose Nina because it means “small,” and Simone after French actress Simone Signoret… In 1989 she worked with Pete Townshend on his musical The Iron Horse… Simone held two honorary doctorate degrees (in music and humanities) and preferred to be called Dr. Nina Simone.

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History of African Americans in Boston

Until 1950, African Americans were a small but historically important minority in Boston, where the population was overwhelmingly white. Since then, Bostons demographics have changed due to factors such as immigration, white flight, and gentrification. According to census information for

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8 Printout Activities for Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil rights activist. He was born on January 15, 1929, and given the name Michael King, Jr. His father, Michael King Sr. later changed his name to Martin Luther King in honor of the Protestant religious leader. Martin Luther King, Jr. would

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Acox, Jr., Clarence (1947- )

Clarence Acox, Jr. is an award-winning American jazz drummer and band director. Born in October 1947, he is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. Since his arrival in Seattle in 1971 he has become one of the most influential musical directors in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most successful

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Shirley C. Franklin

Shirley C. Franklin is Executive Chair of the Board for Purpose Built Communities, Inc., an organization established to transform struggling neighborhoods into sustainable communities since 2011. Also, Franklin has served as the Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor at the University of

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Engineer/Bridge Designer

Harold B. Frye (1902-1989), a civil engineer with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works for over 40 years, was responsible for the design of many bridges throughout the state during his career. Born in Boston, he graduated in 1925 with a degree in engineering from Northeastern University and

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Ntozake Shange , original name Paulette Linda Williams (born Oct. 18, 1948, Trenton, N.J., U.S.), American author of plays, poetry, and fiction noted for their feminist themes and racial and sexual

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Pickett, Wilson (1941-2006)

Soul Singer Wilson Pickett was born on March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, as the fourth of eleven children. Throughout his childhood, he sang in Baptist church choirs and was trained as a gospel singer. During this period, he began to develop a soulful tone and style that would eventually

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Jan

16

2006

The Colonial Names of African States

After decolonization, state boundaries in Africa remained remarkably stable, but the colonial names of African states often changed. Explore a list of current African countries according to their former colonial names, with explanations of border changes and amalgamations of

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Southern University [New Orleans] (1956-- )

Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and

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Nov

16

1972

How Jazz Helped Fuel the Civil Rights Movement

Starting with the age of bebop, jazz ceased to cater to popular audiences and instead became solely about the music and the musicians who played it. Since then, jazz has been symbolically linked to the civil rights

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Three Students Make History at Northwestern University as the First All-Black MFA Directing Cohort

Assistant directing: Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage), In the Heights (Seattle Rep), Quixote Nuevo (Hartford Stage/Huntington Theatre Company), and The Luckiest People (Actors Theatre of

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Wills, Mary Jo (1951- )

Ambassador Mary Jo Wills has worked in international affairs for over three decades. Her service to the United States has taken her to Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Most recently, she held the position of U.S. Ambassador to the island nations of Seychelles and Mauritius in the

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Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., or simply known as Quincy Jones, is a distinguished American musician. Very few Jazz enthusiasts are recognized as the biggest names in the music industry, and Jones being one of them, is unquestionably one of the brightest and trendiest legends the world has seen. While

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Mar

14

1933

Waller, John Lewis (1850-1907)

John L. Waller was a career Republican and activist who played a significant role in Kansas politics. He was born to slave parents, Anthony and Maria Waller, on a plantation in New Madrid County, Missouri. Some records suggest he was born in 1851, contrary to his own testimony. Waller and his

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Jun

28

1887

Welters, Beatrice W. (1951- )

On March 10, 2010, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, having been named to that post by President Barack Obama. Prior to that, she was a philanthropist and senior employee of IBM, where she worked from 1977 to

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Mar

10

2010

Hip Hop Dance: Basic Moves and Elements

If you ask several people to define the term hip hop, chances are you will hear several different answers. Hip hop is much more than a way of moving to hip hop music...it is a way of life. Hip hop is a lifestyle that includes its own language, music, wardrobe style and style of

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SPC PITCH program graduates on the COVID front lines in Pinellas County

Through the Providing Instruction for Tomorrow’s Collegians and Hires (PITCH) program, a partnership between St. Petersburg College and the City of St. Petersburg’s Cohort of Champions program, Bill and Timothy Baptiste earned their Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Certificates from SPC in 2018

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West Africa: Angolan Helps Fight COVID-19 in West Africa

Chinese weekend print and broadcast media identify the young Angolan man as Valdemar Tchipenhe, who graduated in Biotechnology from the Zhejiang Normal University, in

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Mapungubwe - African Iron Age Polity in South Africa

Mapungubwe is an African Middle to Later Iron Age site (AD 900-1300), located in the Mapungubwe National Park, in the Shashe-Limpopo river basin, Limpopo province of South Africa, adjacent to both Zimbabwe and Botswana. A stratified population is in evidence at the site, with elites residing at the

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Cicely Tyson Quotes on Life, Acting and More

Cicely Tyson, a stage and film actress, is known for roles in such projects as Roots, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Sounder (which won her an Oscar nomination), Fried Green Tomatoes, The Help, King (in which she played Coretta Scott King), A Woman Called Moses (where she played Harriet

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Emmett Chappelle: Distinguished African-American Scientist

Inventor Emmett Chappelle is the recipient of 14 U.S. patents and was recently recognized as one of the 100 most distinguished African-American scientists and engineers of the 20th

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Oct

24

1925

Amo, Anton Wilhelm (1703? -1753)

Anton Wilhelm Amo, also known as Antonius Guilielmus Amo Afer ab Aximo in Guinea, was the first intellectual of African ancestry to study in Germany. He obtained a doctorate degree in philosophy and held lectures at the universities of Halle and Jena. Having spent forty years of his life in

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Howard Bailey Jr, best known as Chingy, is an American rapper and actor, born on March 9, 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri. While his music simply adheres to the Hip Hop genre, Chingy is best known for plain delivery of lyrics in upbeat music. His familiarity with singing in a nursery rhyme style makes

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Mar

9

1980

Kato, David (c1964-2011)

David Kato was founding father of Uganda’s emergent gay rights movement, the first openly gay man in the country, and an international gay rights activist. He was brutally murdered in January

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Jan

26

2011

Derek Alton Walcott is a Nobel Prize winning poet and playwright. He was born in January 1930 in Saint Lucia, West Indies. He is of African and European descent. His father died while his mother was pregnant with him and his twin brother Roderick. He has an older sister named

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Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel was a renowned actress, entertainer and radio performer. She was the youngest of thirteen children born to Henry and Susan Holbert on June 10, 1895 in Wichita, Kansas. Her father was a Baptist minister and minstrel performer, and her mother was a gospel singer. The family moved to

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Jun

10

1895

Biography of Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe

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Mae Jemison: First African-American Woman Astronaut

NASA astronauts have a love of science and adventure, and are highly trained in their fields. Dr. Mae C. Jemison is no exception. Shes a chemical engineer, scientist, physician, teacher, astronaut, and actor. Over the course of her career, she has worked in engineering and medical research, and was

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Yes, Creflo A. Dollar Jr. is his real name. His father, Creflo A. Dollar Sr., was a police officer… Dollar’s biography lists an undated bachelor’s degree in educational therapy from West Georgia College (now the University of West Georgia) and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Oral Roberts

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