January 25
January 25, 1980 Black Entertainment Television began broadcasting. The Washington, D.C. based cable network was…
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January 26
January 26, 1970 Kirk Dwayne Franklin, gospel music singer, was born in Fort Worth, Texas.…
January 27
January 27, 1972 Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel Music, died. Jackson was born October…
January 28
January 28, 1960 Zora Neale Hurston, author and playwright, died. Hurston was born January 7,…
January 29
January 29, 1954 Oprah Gail Winfrey, television host, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist, was born in…
January30
January 30, 1944 Sharon Pratt Kelly, the first African American woman to serve as mayor…
January 31
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th…
February 1
February 1, 2003 , NASA astronaut, Michael P. Anderson was killed along with the rest…
February 2
February 2, 1935 Pete Brown, the first African American to win a Professional Golfers Association…
February 3
February 3, 1910 Robert Earl Jones, stage and film actor and father of James Earl…