Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan
Yosef Ben-Jochannan, also known as Dr. Ben, was a highly esteemed African American historian, educator, and author whose profound impact on the study and celebration...
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DON’T BUY COORS – Here’s why
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1. COORS SUPPORTS TERRORISM IN NICARAGUA Each sale of Coors beer helps the contra terrorists in Nicaragua, who have been ambushing and killing civilians, murdering...
John Woodruff
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John Woodruff was one of several African-American athletes who won gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Sometimes referred to as...
Wole Soyinka
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Wole Soyinka, in full Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, (born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria), a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for...
Beah Richards
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As an acclaimed African-American actress, poet, and playwright, Beah Richards made significant contributions to the arts throughout her career. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1920,...
Percy Ellis Sutton
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Percy Ellis Sutton was born the last child of 15 children to Samuel J. and Lillian V. Smith-Sutton. While supporting himself, he attended Prairie View...
Willie Morrow
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Willie Morrow was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 9, 1939. Once of age, Morrow trekked to San Diego (then referred to as the “Harlem...
Francis Scott Key – A Racist Slave Owner, Who Penned “The Star-Spangled Banner
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Francis Scott Key is best known for writing the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the United States’ national anthem. Composed in 1814 during the War...
How the King James Bible Came to Be
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Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest:...