The Love and Laughter Tour hit Columbus again and Magic 106.3 gave a lucky fan an experience of a lifetime. Check out the footage from all the singers and comedians. Including Keith Sweat, T.K. Kirkland, and Columbus’ very own Kim Joyce. This just goes to show what can happen if you join The Magic Life. […]
Submitted by K.MiL – via FlyPaperNews.com Alfred L. Cralle (September 4, 1866–1920) was an African-American from Virginia who became an inventor and businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best remembered for inventing the ice cream scoop in 1897, a practical design still nimsi widely in use over 100 years later.
The fight for civil rights could go down as one of the most thoroughly archived periods in American history, because participants kept memorabilia that would later tell their stories. Read More:
American writer, Maya Angelou survived a tough childhood and early adulthood to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer. In 1993, she came to much…
Written by m. lauren – via FlyPaperNews.com Rubin Carter was a middleweight boxing champion once ranked as a top contender in the early 1960s. Nicknamed “Hurricane” for the speed and impact his punches could deliver, Carter stood at a mere 5 feet 8 inches, yet made a striking impression with his muscular build and commanding […]
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/gossip/25945 You may not know his name, but you know his pictures. Memphis-based civil rights photographer Ernest Withers documented most of the important moments of the civil rights movement, including the murder of Emmitt Till and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel.
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/25913 NEW YORK – Like almost everyone in her family, when North Carolina native Thyrsa Gravely turned 18, she registered to vote: Democrat.
Written by K.Moreland-Lee – via FlyPaperNews.com Carter G. Woodson, the son of slaves was self-educated until the age of 20 when he was able to attend and complete high school in two years. He went on to the University of Chicago where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree and was the second African American […]
Written by T. Cole – via FlyPaperNews.com Aretha Franklin -Singer Aretha Franklin found great success in music with her late-’60s hits with Atlantic Records–“Respect,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Chain of Fools,” “Baby I Love You,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Think,” “The House That Jack Built,” and several others– which earned her the title […]
Submitted by T.Cole – Mum Bett came into this world about 1748. She was born a slave, owned by Peter Hogebooma (a Dutchman), who lived in Claverack, New York. Bett was raised and served there until she was 33 years old. In 1781, during the American Revolution, she went to Sheffield, Massachusetts, where she worked […]
Written by T.Cole – via FlyPaperNews.com Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821), orator/ poet. Lucy Terry was the creator of the earliest known work of literature by an African American. Her poem, “Bar’s Fight,” created when the poet was sixteen years old, records an Indian ambush of two white families on 25 August 1746 in a section […]
http://www.bvnewswire.com/2011/01/07/laurence-fishburne-thurgood-play-hbo-black-history-month/ Thurgood,’ the one-man Broadway play starring Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, will debut Feb.24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT during Black History Month, exclusively on HBO.