Born on October 6, 1917, Fannie Lou was the last of twenty children born to her parents, James and Lou Ella Townsend. Residing in Montgomery County, Mississippi, her parents worked as sharecroppers. When she was two years old, her famil...
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On April 15, 1889, a baby boy was born in Crescent City, Florida to Reverend James and Elizabeth Randolph. The couple’s second son, they would name him Asa Philip. His parents were professionals, his father being a minister in the Afr...
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Directed by Hype Williams, Belly is set in Queens, New York. It’s the last year of the 20th century and the film centers upon the paths of Sincere (Nas) and Buns (DMX) and their life of crime. Having one of the most memorable opening ...
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Set in 1962 Eve’s Bayou is centered upon the life of ten-year-old Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett) and her family in Louisiana. The child of an affluent, Creole American family, Eve’s parents are Louis Batiste (Samuel L. Jackson), a physicia...
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“Black
music is such a reflection of what is going on in Black life …”
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Founded by Dr. Lyn Hughes in 1995, the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (NAPRPPM) is located in the Historic Pullman District in Chicago, Illinois. The museum is named in honor of Asa Philip Randolph and the Pullman Porters, ...
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The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is, according to its website, “the authentic voice of African American art, history and culture in Maryland … (it) celebrates the significant accomplishments and st...
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