by MikellRobert | May 29, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
Jodeci is an R&B group founded in the late 1980’s by members Mr. Dalvin (Dalvin Ertimus DeGrate), DeVante’ Swing (Donald Earle DeGrate Jr.), JoJo (Joel Hailey) and K-Ci (Cedric Renard Hailey). The group name is derived from an abbreviation of all the...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | May 29, 2021 | African American History, People
Westley Sissel Unseld, 6-7 professional basketball player and coach, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 14, 1946, to Charles Dorsey Unseld, a prizefighter, construction worker, oilman, and baseball player for the Indianapolis Clowns, and Cornelia Sissel...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | May 29, 2021 | African American History, People
Activist, writer, and educator Margaret Just Butcher was born on April 28, 1913, in Washington, DC, to Dr. Ernest E. Just, the renowned scientist and advisor and incorporator of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. from Charleston, South Carolina, and Ethel Highwarden,...
by FriedRebecca | May 28, 2021 | African American History, Places
Mississippi State Penitentiary is less than an hour drive from where Emmett Till was murdered. One of three state prisons administered by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, it is also known as Parchman Penal Farm because it was owned by a prominent Sunflower...
by FikesRobert | May 27, 2021 | African American History, People
Nasir bin Olu “Nas” Dara Jones is an American song rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Jones was born on September 14, 1973 to Olu Dara, a jazz and blues musician from Mississippi, and Fannie Ann, a United States Postal Service worker from North Carolina who lived...
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