Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin was an important figure in the early history of jazz and blues music. She was one of the first African-American women to record...
Author : joe bodego
John Charles Robinson – (The Brown Condor)
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John Charles Robinson, better known as the Brown Condor, was born on June 26, 1903, in Florida, USA. As an African-American growing up in the...
Stephanie Diana Wilson
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Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American astronaut who was born on September 27, 1966, in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an accomplished engineer and pilot who...
Sherman “Jocko” Maxwel
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Sherman “Jocko” Maxwell was an African American athlete, soldier, and activist who was born on February 9, 1910, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died on...
Ann Gregory
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Ann Gregory was an American amateur golfer who was born on July 25, 1912, in Aberdeen, Mississippi and died on February 10, 1990, in Gary,...
Betty Wright
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Betty Wright was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter who was born on December 21, 1953, in Miami, Florida, and passed away on May 10,...
Donald “Muggsy” Murray
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Donald “Muggsy” Murray was a pioneering African American student-athlete at the University of Maryland in the early 1960s. He was born on January 4, 1941,...
Murray v. Maryland
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A Catalyst for Civil Rights Progress in Higher Education Murray v. Maryland (1936) stands as a pivotal case in the annals of American civil rights...
The Festa Confederada
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The Festa Confederada, also known as the “Festa dos Confederados” (Confederates‘ Party), is a cultural event held annually in Brazil by the descendants of Confederate...
The Phenix Horns
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The Phenix Horns, also known as The Phenix Horns or The Phenix Horns-Awesome, was an American horn section that gained fame for their collaborations with...