by FikesRobert | Aug 11, 2023 | African American History, People
Marlin Oliver “The Magician” Briscoe was a football quarterback for the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). When the Denver (Colorado) Broncos drafted him in 1968, Briscoe became the first African American Quarterback in professional...
by GoldmanHenry | May 15, 2022 | African American History, People
Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French was hailed as the “hero of the Solomons” and the “Human Tugboat” after a heroic rescue in the Pacific during World War II. Along with Doris “Dorie” Miller, who received the Navy Cross for valor during the attack on the...
by FikesRobert | Feb 16, 2022 | African American History, Concepts
The earliest evidence of African Americans as cattle herders (cowboys) in North America can be traced back to colonial South Carolina, where stock grazers from what is now Senegal in West Africa were specifically brought to that colony because of their unique skills....
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Dec 31, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
R&B composers, lyricists James Samuel “Jimmy Jam” Harris III (born June 6, 1959, in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956, in Omaha, Nebraska), were one of the most successful songwriting teams of the late 20th Century. Harris was...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Dec 26, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
Tag Team is a hip-hop/rap duo now living in Atlanta, Georgia but from Denver, Colorado. They are vocalist/pianist Cecil Glenn (DC the Brain Supreme) and percussionist/lyricist Steve “Rolln” Gibson. Glenn and Gibson met at the age of 17 in high school in 1993 and had...
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