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Dora Dean: Vaudeville Dancer and Entertainer Known as the “Black Venus

Dora Dean Dora Dean was an African-American vaudeville dancer and entertainer. Dean was part of one of the most popular vaudeville acts of the pre-World War I period. She was known as the 'Black Venus.' Dean was born in Covington in 1872 as Dora Babbige. Her initial job in show business was working as a […]

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Lionel L. Nowell

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Jonathon Heyward, The 'Converse Conductor,' Is The Youngest And The First Black Music Conductor For Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Blavity

Jonathon Heyward, known as the 'Converse Conductor,' became the youngest and the first Black music conductor and director for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in its 107-year existence. Now, the 31-year-old plans to use his position to attract more Black youth to orchestral music.

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Born: 3/2/1957 Jefferson City, TennesseeMark E. Dean is an American inventor and a computer engineer. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processor chip. He holds three of IBMs original nine PC patentsBusiness

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Born in Jefferson City, Tennessee on March 2, 1957, Mark Dean found that success ran in his bloodlines. His grandfather was a high school principal and his father worked as a supervisor for the Tennessee Valley Authority Dam. A bright and energetic child, he often endured questions from grade

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First Black Professor of Dentistry

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ABC 7 CHICAGO PRESENTS A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, RACE AND COVID-19

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1934

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