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Erica “Erykah” Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), better known as Erykah Badu, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc…

Samella Sanders Lewis (born February 27, 1924) is an African-American artist, working primarily as a printmaker and painter. She is…

Edmund Lincoln “Rochester” Anderson, radio, television, and film actor, died. Anderson was born September 18, 1905 in Oakland, California. He…

Blanche Kelso Bruce, the first elected African American United States senator to serve a full term, was born enslaved in…

Frank E. Petersen, Jr., the first African American Marine Corps aviator and the first African American Marine Corps general, was…

Sarah Rector (March 3, 1902 – July 22, 1967) was an African American member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and…

Egbert Austin “Bert” Williams, the pre-eminent black entertainer of his era, died. Williams was born November 12, 1875 in Nassau,…