Born 1927 as Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, New York, American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte is one of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history. He was dubbed the “King of Calypso” for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) […]
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Backpacks honoring slain Baton Rouge activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph will be donated to 200 students | The Advocate
Staff, The Advocate This still image taken from WVLA/WGMB file video shows Sadie Roberts-Joseph. Featured Image [dropcap]East[/dropcap] Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and the Professional Athletes Supporting Students organization will donate 200 backpacks to students in memory of slain civil rights activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The body of Roberts-Joseph, 75, a longtime community leader, […]
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100 years ago, white mobs across the country attacked black people. And they fought back | CNN
— Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN Thelma Shepherd was riding back to her Chicago apartment on July 27, 1919, when her streetcar came under attack. Black and white men hurled rocks at each other and at the passing vehicle. The 19-year-old who had recently left the South for a job in the bustling city didn’t know it, […]
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US-based Nigerian neurosurgeon flies home monthly to perform free surgery | Yen.com
Nathaniel Crabbe, Yen.com Dr. Sulaiman travels every month to Nigeria to perform free surgeries | Ochsner Health System. Featured Image [dropcap]US[/dropcap] resident Nigerian Neurosurgeon, Dr. Olawale Sulaiman, has made headlines for his generous act of monthly visit to his native country, Nigeria, to undertake free surgery. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Dr. Sulaiman has shown that despite his […]
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Birmingham school teacher tops Billboard Smooth Jazz chart | CBS42
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Kim Scott is the head of the music department at the Alabama School of the Fine Arts. The Flutist also has a chart-topping new single out. Her recent release, “Emerge” is number one on the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart. When she isn’t teaching, Kim Scott is playing her flute. She says […]
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The 9 Most Essential Toni Morrison Works | Rolling Stone
The celebrated author and Nobel Prize winner died this week at the age of 88
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How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular Music | NPR
— Maureen Mahon, NPR Singer Bessie Smith’s recording career only lasted 10 years, but during that time she created a body of work that helped shape the sound of the twentieth century. Her first single, “Downhearted Blues” — written by two women, pianist Lovie Austin and blues singer Alberta Hunter — was a major hit […]
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The Woman Who Beat The Klan | The New York Times
By Jesse Kornbluth, The New York Times About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or […]
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Garrett Morgan Biography | Biography.com
— Biography.com Staff, Biography_com [dropcap]Garrett[/dropcap] Morgan blazed a trail for African-American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine and an improved traffic signal. Synopsis With only an elementary school education, Garrett Morgan, born in Kentucky on March 4, 1877, began his career as a sewing-machine mechanic. […]
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The Beautiful Power of Ta-Nehisi Coates | Vanity Fair
With his groundbreaking nonfiction works, Ta-Nehisi Coates emerged as our most vital public intellectual. Now, his debut novel, The Water Dancer, takes him to uncharted depths.
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