THE MOST IMPORTANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADER OF THE 19th CENTURY; ABOLITIONIST; JOURNALIST; DIPLOMAT. HE IS OFTEN CALLED THE "FATHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT." ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 12:04PM
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FAMILIES EVERY WHERE SET ASIDE A DAY TO HONOR FATHERS. A FATHER IS MORE THAN A FAMILY'S PATRIARCH: HE IS A SOURCE OF WISDOM AND STRENGTH FOR EVERYONE HOME. I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE ALL TRUE FATHER'S WHO HAS STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND ARE EXAMPLES TO T ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 11:29AM
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A RIGID SEGREGATIONIST SYSTEM SET UP IN SOUTH AFRICA BY THE RULING WHITE POPULATION SHORTLY AFTER THE VICTORY OF THE NATIONALIST PARTY IN 1948. BLACK AFRICANS HAD ALREADY BEEN DENIED THE VOTE EVEN BEFORE THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA WAS FORMED IN 1910. ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 2:03AM
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EARLY PHONOGRAPH RECORDS RECORDED BY AFRICA-AMERICANS AND INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUYERS. WHITE RECORD COMPANIES ORIGINALLY REFUSED TO SIGN BLACK ARTISTS, BUT IN 1920, COMPOSER PERRY BRADFORD MANAGED TO CONVINCE FRED HAGAR OF OKEH REC ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 11:28PM
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MOTHER'S DESERVES A CROWN TO BE PLACED ON HER HEAD; SHE GIVES US ALL INSPIRATIONS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND DREAMS; AS WE FALLS DOWN SHE PICK US UP WHEN WE HAS FALLEN; SHE IS ALWAYS THERE WIPING AWAY OUR TEARS AND FROWNS; ENCASING A LOVELY SMILE ON HE ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 10:35PM
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AFRICAN AMERICANS, OFTEN RUNAWAY SLAVES, WHO LIVED AMONG THE SEMINOLE INDIANS AND WERE REGARDED AS MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE. THEY PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SEMINOLE WAR, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED BY THE U.S. GENERAL THOMAS JESSUP AS BEING A NEGRO, NOT AN INDI ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 7:27PM
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MUSICIAN; COMPOSER, BLAKE BEGAN STUDYING THE PIANO WHEN HE WAS SIX AND STARTED PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY AT THE AGE 17. IN 1915 HE AND NOBLE SISSLE TEAMED UP TO WRITE THE SONG, " IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT." SIX YEARS LATER, THE TWO, ALONG WITH FLOURNOY MILLER ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 3:07PM
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WHY THAT MY BLEEDING HEART LIVES FOR HUNGER? I LONG FOR THE LOVE OF A MAN'S TOUCH DEEP INSIDE. MY BODY IS BURNING FOR HIS WARM EMBRACES, BUT HE SHUNS AWAY; LEAVING ME FEELING EMPTY, AS MY TEARS STARTS FLOWING; I GASP FOR AIR. MY LIFE WAS SIMPLY CHOCK ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 2:49PM
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IF I HAD A MIRACLE IN A BOTTLE, ONE EXPLOSION AFTER ANOTHER MY FADING THOUGHTS OF MY SUBCONSCIOUS WOULD SEEP OUT GRADUALLY, ONLY TO RELEASE THE POSITIVE IMAGES OF MY MIND, MY SECRETS WOULD BE KEPT SUSPENDED IN THE DEPTHS OF MY GLASS PRISON, AS MY LIF ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 1:40PM
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MEMORIES ARE MOVING IN MOTION, ONLY SUCCUMBED BY MIXED DESIRES, PASTING FROM THE FUTURE TO THE PAST,TEARS FALLS NOT ONLY TO LAST. THE WAY TO THE TOP GET HARDER EACH TIME, BLOCKED BY MALICIOUS ACTS COMMITTED AGAINST ONE, DEEP SHADOWS HIDES, TEARING AT ...
Posted Thursday, June 14th 2012 at 11:10AM
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RUSSIAN WRITER, THAT RUSSIA'S MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY FIGURE WAS PARTLY OF AFRICAN DESCENT WAS A FACT PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF. HIS MATERIAL GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS FROM ETHIOPIA AND HAD BEEN A FAVORITE COURTIER OF CZAR PETER THE GREA ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 10:32PM
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1619 TWENTY AFRICANS ARE IMPORTED TO JAMESTOWN. THEY ARE REGARDED AS INDENTURED SERVANTS. 1820 THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE ADMITS MAINE TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE AND MISSOURI AS A SLAVE STATE AND CLOSE U.S. TERRITORY NORTH 36'30 TO SLAVEHOLDERS. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 10:15PM
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ULYSSES KAY (1917- 1995) COMPOSER; TEACHER. THE NEPHEW OF JAZZ CORNETIST JOE " KING" OLIVER, ULYSSES KAY WAS A PROLIFIC COMPOSER OF OPERA AND SYMPHONIC MUSIC. A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, HE RECEIVED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MUSIC AT THE UN ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 9:53PM
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Tammie Terelle who sang with Marvin Gaye duet team, one of the most talented aspiring actress and singer,maybe a bio-movie might be made about this lovely lady. ...
Posted Tuesday, June 12th 2012 at 1:59PM
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