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Tina Turner Born

Grammy-winning singer and actress Tina Turner was born on this day as Annie Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee. Turner will reach stardom with her husband Ike Turner. She will record such hits such as "What's Love Got to Do With It", "Private Dancer," and "Proud Mary." She will also have roles in the movies "Tommy" and "Mad Max=Beyond the Thunderdome", for which she will sing the lead song for.

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Live Nation Announces Drive-in Concert Series

NEW YORK (AP) — Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus

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Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (1835- )

Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee is one of three churches that evolved out of Nashville’s historic First Colored Baptist Church (1865-1891). It traces its origins back to black members of First Baptist Church who first met to hold prayer services in 1835. Up to that

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Charter School Kneel for George Floyd, 6/8 @5pm

Charter School Community Gathers for 9 Minute Kneel In Solidarity for George Floyd and Black Lives Matter Event Monday, June 8 @ 5pm

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Jamie, Denzel, Angela? Debate Breaks Out Over Who Portrayed Their Real-Life Figures the Best

Some of the names tossed around include Denzel Washington’s portrayal of Malcolm X, Jamie Foxx playing Ray Charles, Chadwick Boseman as James Brown, and Morgan Freeman playing Nelson

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'Love the Hair': Quad Webb Shares a Throwback Pic, Fans Obsess Over Her Peekaboo Highlights

Quad accessorized her outfit with nude open-toe stilettos, sunglasses, and a light blue cross body

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US Cities Erupt In More Violence Amid Threats From Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers shot or run over, amid boasts and threats from President Donald Trump to send in troops to “dominate the

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White Florida man charged after pointing gun at Black homeowner

A white Florida man has been charged after pulling a gun on a Black homeowner, accusing the man of stealing a flyer from his own

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CDC director pleads with younger Americans to wear masks while many states pause reopenings | The Atlanta Voice

The comments to a US Senate committee hearing on the virus came as at least 17 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans in response to a surge in new

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U.S. Marshal Luke Moore at Ole Miss, 1962

Many Americans are familiar with the now iconic images of James Meredith, the black student who desegregated the University of Mississippi in October 1962, surrounded by white U.S. marshals assigned to protect him and ensure that a U.S. Supreme Court desegregation order be enforced. Few of us are

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African American owned Newspapers and Media Companies Are Small Businesses Too! | Muslim Journal

Financial Support is Essential for Delivery of These Essential Services, a Minority Media Representation

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Source: Muslim Journal | Publishing Community News weekly since 1975!

TSD FLASH! - No Freedom Award in 2020; Slave Haven sets reopening; election lawsuit; music video vibe: Usher's "I Cry"

Officials with The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) announced Friday the cancellation of this year’s planned version of the museum’s flagship fundraising event, with a focus forward now on next year’s 30th anniversary of the Freedom

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A tale of two arrests: Outrage as police grant courtesy to double murder suspect Arzadon

In a rare move, a day after Floyd’s death, the Police Department fired all four of the officers involved in the episode, as Mike Freeman, the Hennepin County attorney also announced murder and manslaughter charges against

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Beyoncé’s Message, Epic Performances Stand Out at BET Awards

DaBaby rapped a verse from the Black Lives Matter remix of his hit song “Rockstar” with Roddy Ricch at the

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Activists raise money to post alleged sex trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer's bail

(Credit: Facebook) Chrystul Kizer is just 19, but she’s been in jail for two years awaiting trial in the murder of Randall Volar III. READ MORE: Cyntoia Brown-Long not involved in new Netflix doc on her life According to Buzzfeed, Kizer’s bond was paid by the combined efforts of the

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White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest

Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police with a quote from his father, the Rev. Martin Luther King

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RESPECT Jennifer Hudson Stars as Aretha Franklin

*Director Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with Respect starring Jennifer

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Original Play About Dark Skin, Colorism & Darkism Comes to Pay-Per-View

In fact, there was no such thing as darkism, colorism or dark skin issues defined as a concrete and methodical platform before Rashida created

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Amid pandemic, Live Nation announces drive-in concert series

NEW YORK (AP) — Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus

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Ford, Harold Sr. (1945- )

Harold Eugene Ford, Sr., a United States Representative from Tennessee from 1975 to 1997, was born on May 20, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee to Vera Davis and Newton Jackson Ford, a funeral home director. Ford’s family was part of the local black elite dating back to the beginning of the 20th

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Protesters Try To Take Down Slaveowner Andrew Jackson Statue In Washington D.C.

Demonstrators in Washington D.C., attempted to topple a bronze statue of former president Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park, near the White House on Monday (June 22), video footage posted on social media

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

Connecticut US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran Who Has Lung Cancer and Who had Heavy Exposure to Asbestos to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation-Please!

NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT , USA, June 12, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Connecticut US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are urging a Navy Veteran or person in Connecticut who now has lung cancer and who decades ago had significant exposure to asbestos to know that the $30 billion dollar

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MEET AN ANIMAL: Mara the elephant found sanctuary after 50 years in circuses and zoos

Gribaudo recalls spotting a familiar-looking elephant in a similar Buenos Aires circus tent seven years

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Owens, Major Robert (1936- )

Former New York Congressman Major Robert Owens was born on June 28, 1936 in Collierville, Tennessee. He graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis in 1952 at the age of 16. Owens received a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in 1956, and an M.S. in Library Science from Atlanta

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Tennessee advances 6-week abortion ban, lawsuit filed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid nationwide unrest and a global pandemic that wrecked the state budget, Tennessee lawmakers advanced one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as most Tennesseans were asleep Friday and largely unaware the GOP-dominant General Assembly had taken up the

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When Martin Luther King Jr addressed UWI graduands...

Just under three years before Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on the evening of April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, the famed American civil rights leader visited the island and delivered a stirring address at The University of the West Indies Valedictory

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“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: The Ironic Origins of a Popular Song

While many Americans are familiar with the song, The Yellow Rose of Texas, few know the story of Emily West, the African American woman who was the inspiration for its creation. In the excerpt below from a longer article that first appeared in 1996, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM TUES. 6.23.20 7PM ET — BIG DADDY KANE (King Asiatic Nobody's Equal) (1)

As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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'P-Valley' showrunner Katori Hall dishes on season 1

Katori Hall developed her new Starz series, P-Valley, with the goal of shedding light on the world of stripping—and the nuance of Blackness as

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D.L. Hughley reveals COVID-19 diagnosis after fainting on stage

Comedian D.L. Hughley revealed on Saturday night that he has tested positive for COVID-19, one day after the Original King of Comedy and host of The DL Hughley Show fainted during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday

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David Crosthwait Jr.

Born: 5/27/1827 Nashville, TennesseeDied: 2/25/1976 West Lafayette, IndianaDavid Crosthwait Jr. was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer. He was born in the city of Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Once he completed high school he

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