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Ron Cephas Jones, Emmy-Winning ‘This Is Us’ Actor, Dead at 66
Jones died due to a “long-standing pulmonary issue,” a representative for the actor confirmed to YAHOO on Saturday. A representative ... -
Black Fact = (1963) James Meredith
Black Fact = 1963 (August 18) – James Meredith, the first black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, graduated ... -
Black Fact = (1887) Marcus Garvey
Black Fact = 1887 (August 17) – Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements was ... -
Black Fact = (1970) Angela Davis
Black Fact = 1970 (August 16) – Activist, Angela Davis was named in a federal warrant issued in connected with ... -
Black Fact = (1854)Henry Highland Garnet
Black Fact = 1854 (August 15) – Henry Highland Garnet, a 27-year-old Presbyterian pastor, called for a slave revolt and ... -
Hip Hop Artist Known As Melvin “Magoo” Barcliff Dies At 50.
Rest Well Melvin Barcliff better known as Magoo.🙏🏾🙏🏾 Timbaland & Magoo were a rap duo consisting of producer/rapper Timothy “Timbaland” ... -
Clarence Avant, “Godfather of Black Music,” Passes away at 92
Clarence Avant, a longtime Hollywood insider whose work as a record executive, promoter, mentor and dealmaker earned him the moniker ... -
Black Fact = (1883)Ernest E. Just
Black Fact = 1883 (August 14) – Ernest E. Just, internationally renowned biologist and pioneer of cell division, was born ... -
Black Fact = (1883) Ernest E. Just
Black Fact = 1883 (August 14) – Ernest E. Just, internationally renowned biologist and pioneer of cell division, was born ... -
Black Fact = (1911) James Benton Parsons
Black Fact = 1911- James Benton Parsons, the first black person to receive a lifetime appointment as a U.S. District ...