Sammy Davis, Jr.

Hurd, Will (1977– )

William Ballard Hurd, the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, was the first African American Republican ever to be elected to congress from the state of Texas. Hurd assumed office on January 3, 2015, representing a district that spans a large portion of the U.S.-Mexico

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'Toya Deserves All the Happiness': Fans Celebrate Toya's Engagement to Red All Over Again

Fans were finally able to see the moment when Robert “Red” Rushing proposed to Toya Johnson, and it was the wholesome happily ever after that they’d hoped

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Gay Celebrities in Interracial Marriages and Relationships

Interracial marriages occur more frequently among gay couples than they do among their heterosexual counterparts. Data from the 2010 census reveals that 20.6 percent of same-sex couples are interracial. That’s more than two percentage points higher than the amount of unmarried heterosexual couples

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Ashe, Arthur Robert

Ashe, Arthur Robert | FactMonster

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Setting Aside Race: Selected Books by Black Authors in Which Blackness is Not the Predominant Theme

Compiled by Robert Fikes, Jr., Librarian

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Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies

Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies | FactMonster

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Attorney General Bill Barr Denies Nation's Police Are Systemically Racist

Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday that he does not believe that there is systemic racism in the nation’s police force, contradicting a staggering body of evidence that shows racial bias in virtually every part of the American criminal justice

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Cuban History

Cuban History | FactMonster

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Another Black Private Equity Banker Pays Off HBCU Student’s Tuition at Graduation

Frank Baker and his wife Laura Day Baker, gifted Spelman College $1 million to offset the tuition for 50 high-achieving graduates that had tuition balances and needed

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Fisher, Ada M. (1947- )

Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a retired physician and a recurrent Republican candidate for office. Fisher was born on October 21, 1947 in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, a son of a former slave and his Seminole Indian wife. Rev. Fisher was also a Republican, as well as his

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Poor People's Campaign stages massive online demonstration

(Religion News Service) — With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington D.C., at least a million supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign reportedly tuned in Saturday (June 20) to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders

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Ice T

Tracy Marrow, better known as Ice T is mostly celebrated for his rap songs concerning street life & violence. He has been an influential figure for the gangster rap genre. Highly controversial songs such as Cop Killer brought much fame to Ice T. He also pursued a career in acting, his most

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Nation of Islam

Not to be confused with Islamic state or Islamic State of Iraq and the

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Egyptologist Dr. James Henry Breasted And The Creation Of White Supremacist Ideology

Lewis, the Harvard and Cornell University trained professor, has challenged White supremacist notions about Kemet (Egypt) and Black people in his ground breaking book called-The Falsification and Fabrication of Ancient Egypt 3400 BCE to 500 BCE: A Survey of the

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Man arrested because face recognition can’t tell Black people apart [VIDEO]

ACLU Calls on Lawmakers to Immediately Stop Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology

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Wilkins, Roy

Wilkins, Roy | FactMonster

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Venda Anderson hopes for a brighter day

WHEN PAIN riddles your body and a reality of lack stares you in the face, it is easy for hope to be lost and faith to wane, but 59-year-old Venda Anderson says that is all she has left as she contends with impaired vision, stage five kidney failure, hypertension, and

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'Take It to the Bank': Toya Johnson Looks Like a Bag of Money In This Snap

Toya Johnson is still serving fierce looks and fashion statements while at home in

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Don Cheadle

Donald Frank “Don” Cheadle, Jr., most famously known as simply Don Cheadle, is a popular American actor, born on the 29th of November, 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri. Ever since his early teen years, Cheadle was known to exhibit a stark interest in the liberal arts, preferring lead roles

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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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Hip Hop’s First Journalist Dies At The Age of 70 – Your Black World

Robert then decided to travel to the Bronx to meet with Kool Herc to learn something

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civil war

civil war | FactMonster

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Voices of the Civil War Episode 19: "Douglass and Lincoln"

By August 1863, African American soldiers within the Union Army had proven themselves in battles such as Port Hudson, Millikens Bend and Fort Wagner. On August 9, 1863, abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass met with President Abraham Lincoln to discuss his concerns in regards to the fair

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John Lee Hooker: Boom boom

John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana and Etta James - Blues Boogie Jam (Official) - Duration: 7:23. Santana on MV 1,126,809 views

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Harvest House is MDC-T citadel: Khupe

MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe does not harbour a secret mission sponsored by Zanu PF to weaken the opposition MDC Alliance party and destroy the political career of its leader Nelson

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Body Of A Young Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree In California – Your Black World

City officials in California are calling for an investigation into the death of a black man who was found hanging from

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South African Literature: Biographies

South African Literature: Biographies | FactMonster

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‘These Are Not Suicides’: Series Of Suspected Lynchings Come As Nation Protests Racism

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Paterson, David A. (1954- )

David A. Paterson, sworn in as Governor on March 17, 2008, is the first legally blind American Governor, the first black Governor of New York State, and only the fourth black Governor of any

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