Virginia retires state song

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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Billie Holiday Quotes

Billie Holiday, a popular and tragic figure in jazz, was a gifted singer with an amazing voice and talent whose personal life was chaotic and

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Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington , in full Booker Taliaferro Washington (born April 5, 1856, Franklin county, Virginia, U.S.—died November 14, 1915, Tuskegee, Alabama.), educator and reformer, first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), and

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Slavery in the United States

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Bonnie Logan

Bonnie Logan was the first black tennis player on the Virginia Slims Tour.

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Hyman, John Adams (1840-1891) - Birthday

John Adams Hyman was born into slavery on July 23, 1840 in Warren County, North Carolina.

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Slave catcher

Fugitive slave catchers were people who returned escaped slaves to their owners in the United States in the mid 19th century. Slaves who managed to free themselves from their owners had yet another worry: fugitive slave catchers. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law, the latter enacted

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Justice Bere challenges tribunal again

SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere wants the High Court to expedite the hearing of his previous court application, which sought an interdict to restrain President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tribunal from commencing an inquiry into his alleged misconduct in the performance

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Roberta Flack / Killing Me Softly With His Song

Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack) - Duration: 2:39. uketoob 1,358,942 views

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GOP Candidate Says Black Democratic Opponent Is 'NOT For ALL Virginians'

Republican gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase questioned whether one of her Democratic opponents is for “ALL Virginians” on Thursday, immediately after noting that state Sen. Jennifer McClellan is vice chairwoman of the Virginia Legislative Black

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African American Life in Washington, DC, Before Emancipation

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Beloved UK wartime singer Vera Lynn dies at 103

Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces’ Sweetheart whose songs helped raise morale in World War Two, has died aged

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An open letter on racism in philanthropy and the trials of a Black founder

Am I leading Camelback Ventures because like my baseball hero, Jackie Robinson, I may not be the best, but I am good enough, and able to endure the pain of turning the other

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Eddie N. Moore, Jr.

Eddie N. Moore, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer at Norfolk State University. Prior to his appointment as President of Norfolk State University, he served as President of St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA (2011-2012) and Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA

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African American History and Women Timeline

What have African American women contributed to American history? How have they been affected by historical events? Find out in the timeline, which includes

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Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill

Whitney Houstons official music video for Million Dollar Bill. Click to listen to Whitney Houston on

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Obama Immigration Reform 2014 Speech: Announcing Executive Action [FULL]

Immigration Reform 2014 News: In an address from the White House, President Obama chose confrontation over conciliation as he asserted the powers of the Oval Office to reshape the nation’s immigration

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Nina Simone

jazz

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Harry Belafonte Day-O ( Banana Boat )

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Afro-Caribbean

Afro-Caribbeans are Caribbean people who trace at least some of their ancestry to West Africa in the period since Christopher Columbuss arrival in the region in 1492. Other names for this ethnicity include African-Caribbean (especially preferred among the United Kingdom branch of the

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Zeta Phi Beta Just Awarded A $100,000 Scholarship To A Young Woman in North Carolina

The sorority sisters of Zeta Phi Beta do not play games when it comes to supporting the

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Man Who Drove Vehicle Into Virginia Protest Crowd Is KKK Leader, Prosecutor Says

Source: Henrico County Jail / Henrico County Jail

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(1998) Clarence Thomas, "Speech to the National Bar Association"

On July 28, 1998, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the keynote speech at the National Bar Association, the predominately black national lawyerss association, at its annual convention held that year in Memphis, Tennessee. The speech appears

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Jul

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1998

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin;[2] May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United

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Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

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Slave Quarters Excavation at James Madison's Montpelier

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Robinson, Max (1939-1988) - Birthday

Robinson was born on May 1, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia to Maxie and Doris Robinson.

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1939

David Bryant Fulton: Black Polemicist and Author

In 1887, Fulton relocated to New York where he joined the Pullman Palace Car Company as a porter in

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The Game’s Sex Assault Accuser Can Pilfer His Royalties For $7.1M Judgment

Reports

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Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho-Mahalia Jackson

Here is another gem from my VHS archives. Our gospel Queen Mahalia Jackson as she appeared in 1957 singing on the Nat King Cole show. Listen to that voice so pure and

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