Starting this January 25, TV One will start airing A Different World. The first episode will air at 10 – 11 pm and then again at 1 am – 2 am (ET). Thanks for the update via Twitter flawlessmi.
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December 30, 2009YEBies Birthday: John Herny Murphy
December 25, 2009On this date in 1840 John Henry Murphy Sr., the founder of the Black newspaper the Baltimore Afro-American was born a slave in Baltimore, Maryland. Murphy founded the Afro-American newspaper in 1892, originally designed to serve a local church community. With the assistance of his five sons and six daughters, he turned The Afro-American into [...]
Today In Black History: Battle of Okeechobee
December 25, 2009On this date in 1837 Seminole Indian forces defeated American troops at The Battle of Okeechobee. The natives were lead by John Horse who a Black Chief by all accounts of the battle. Horse shared command with Alligator Sam Jones and Wild Cat. Because the government could not tell if these darker natives were “Indians” [...]
Today In Black History: Florida Freedom Fighters
December 25, 2009On this date in 1951 the home of Florida NAACP official, Harry T. Moore, was bombed. It was the Moores’ twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Harry died on the way to the hospital and his wife died from her injuries nine days later.. Five years later, to the day, Birmingham, AL, protest leader the Rev. Fred [...]
YEBies Birthday: Cab Calloway
December 25, 2009On this date in 1907 Cabell “Cab” Calloway III was born in Rochester,NY. Calloway was a great bandleader and the first jazz singer to sell a million records. Calloway was a master of scat singing. Calloway’s band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus “Doc” Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and [...]
Khalief Khadafi – "Rebel From America" Mixtape
December 25, 2009New mixtape from Philly’s own Khalief Khadafi. The last time we heard from this brother was on a freestyle over the classic Raekwon track “Verbal Intercourse”. Now we have a full mixtape of thought provoking music to enjoy over the holiday season.
“I would tell the people dont even listen if you dont know how [...]
KiD CuDi Mistaken for Burglar by LAPD
December 23, 2009Yesterday in Los Angeles the LAPD mistook KiD CuDi and his crew for burglary suspects as they left a photoshoot with NME on Melrose Ave. Five patrol cars rolled up on the entourage and temporarily detained them before the cops realized that they were not who they were looking for. After the incident, CuDi explained [...]
YEBies Birthday: Dr. Chancellor Williams
December 22, 2009On this date in 1898 Dr. Chancellor Williams was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina, as the last of five children to a former slave. He would move with his family to Washington DC in the early 1900s. He got his undergrad and Masters degrees from Howard University. Williams is known as one of the greatest [...]
YEBies Birthday: James Amos Porter (1905-1970)
December 22, 2009On this date in 1905 James Amos Porter was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He’s known for writing the definitive book, Modern Negro Art (1943, 1969, 1992). He was also head of The Department of Art at Howard University from 1953-1970. Porter is one of the most well known painters and historian of African American art. [...]
Today In Black History – W.E.B. Du Bois
December 22, 2009On this day 1943 W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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