Judy Lenteen Pace is best known for her tv and film roles, particularly blaxploitation films. She appeared in TV series Peyton Place as Vickie Fletcher and The Young Lawyers as Pat Walters. Pace was born in 1942 in Los Angeles, California. She made her first film debut in 13 Frightened Girls in 1963. Her first major break in Hollywood in ...
BY WALTER OPINDE On this day, May 31, 1924, the First African-American Female Politician to Hold a Cabinet Position in the U.S. history was born. Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African-American woman to hold a Cabinet position, head a law school, and serve as an ambassador of the U.S. She fought for fair housing and urban developm...
By Bashir Muhammad Akiyele Editor: Victor Trammell Photo credits: ASCAC Greetings, Afrikan family! This segment covers Day 6 of the 2021 Kemet Nu Educational Tour. This tour was sponsored by professors Ashra and Merira Kwesi -the legendary teachers of Egyptology (the ...
Orpheus Myron McAdoo his own minstrel company by recruiting former students and graduates of Hampton Institute after touring Europe, Australia, and New Zealand as a performer. McAdoo was born in 1858 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He attended Hampton Institute where he studied to be a teacher and graduated in 1876. After college, he taught in ...
By Ryan Brennan Dating back to 1852, an intellectual #black man, McCune Smith, wrote that Jeremiah G. Hamilton was the “only black millionaire in New York,” to Frederick Douglas. However, modern Americans have chosen to ignore this very successful African-American despite his achievements and the pursuit of wealth. Behind the great story of ...
Singer Robert Hicks helped popularize the Atlanta blues during its formative period. Given the name 'Barbecue Bob' by Columbia Records, Hicks had numerous hit songs during his career. Hicks was born to a family of sharecroppers in Georgia. At a young age, Hicks along with his brother, Charley, and other boys in the neighborhood formed a music ...
Belle Davis was a recording pioneer who toured extensively throughout Europe during the early 1900s. Davis was a prominent dancer artist, entertainer, and director. She also appeared in film. Davis' career began in the 1890s, she performed in the chorus girls in the Chicago revue 'The Creole Show.' On June 5, 1901, she sailed out of New York ...
Gallatin County, Kentucky was established in 1798 with Warsaw as the heart and county seat. During the Civil War, several skirmishes occurred in Gallatin County. The outcome of the war would lead to the Gallatin County Race Riot a little under a year later. The Gallatin County Race Riot of 1866 In short, this was an incident where 500 ...
Betty and Rosie Collins rose to fame with their one hit song, 'Eddie My Love' which reached number 2 on R&B chart. Their music appealed directly to teenagers. During the era, they had competition from the Fontane Sisters and the Chordettes but it was the Collin sisters who rose to the top with the song. The teenagers were from ...
By: M. Swift The first Black World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, “The Galveston Giant” Jack Johnson had few reoccurring rivals once he moved into the heavyweight ranks. The bulk of his rivalries came as World Colored Champion. Let's look at five facts about one of his long-running rivalries against New Jersey's Joe Jeanette. 5 FACTS: JOE ...
By Bashir Muhammad Akiyele Editor: Victor Trammell Photo credits: ASCAC Hotep (Medu Neter for Peace), Ankh, Udja, Seneb (Medu Neter for Life, Prosperity, Heath)!!! May this message find you in the best of spirits! The 2021 Kemet Nu Educational Tour is sponsored by professors Ashra and Merira Kwesi -the legendary ...
Horatio J. Homer broke barriers when he became the first black police officer in Boston's history in 1878. Homer served on the police force for over 40 years. Homer was born in Farmington, Connecticut, on May 24, 1848, to Sarah Fields and Charles Homer. As a young boy, he took a job working in a hotel as a bellhop. He traveled a lot and worked ...
