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List of singers, rappers, and musicians Louis Armstrong George Benson Chuck Berry James Brown Ray Charles Nat King Cole John Coltrane Sam Cooke Miles Davis Sammy Davis Jr. Fats Domino Dennis Edwards Duke Ellington Art Farmer Ella Fitzgerald Roberta Flack Aretha Franklin Marvin Gaye Dizzy Gillespie Buddy Guy Isaac Hayes Jimi Hendrix Gil Scott-Heron Billie Holiday John Lee Hooker Whitney Houston ...
Origin Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950) Negro History Week (1926) The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week".
Erica Garner, civil rights and Black Lives Matter activist [21] Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. Ernest Green, civil rights activist, part of the Little Rock Nine. Fred Gray, civil rights lawyer. Shields Green, abolitionist. Dick Gregory, civil rights activist.
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in leap years). Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
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Najimy was born on February 6, 1957, in San Diego, California, the daughter of Lebanese -American parents Samia ( née Massery; 1928–2015) [2] and Fred Najimy, a postal worker. Her mother immigrated from Lebanon to the United States in 1946. [3] She was raised Maronite Catholic [4] and attended Crawford High School.
ISBN. 978-1573929639. 100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley. First published in 1992, Salley's book is ...
This is a list of African-American actors by alphabetical order.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African American and a notable actor.
Shaunette Renée Wilson (born January 19, 1990) is a Guyanese-born American actress. She is best known for four seasons in the role of Dr. Mina Okafor in the Amy Holden Jones-created Fox series The Resident.
February 20, 2024. (2024-02-20) (aged 39) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Known for. HIV/AIDS activism. Hydeia Loren Broadbent (June 14, 1984 – February 20, 2024) was an American HIV/AIDS activist who advocated through appearances in national media and as a spokesperson for related foundations. Born with HIV, Broadbent began taking part in trials for ...