Ermes Effron Borgnino, known as Ernest Borgnine (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was born on this date 108 years ago. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series McHale’s Navy and co-starred in the mid…[Read more]

The first all-Black professional basketball team was organized on Feb. 13, 1923.
The New York Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. The team’s founder was Robert L. Douglas, whose primary objective was to give New York City’s male, Black athletes opportunities to better themselves. In…[Read more]

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On December 26th in the year 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America would not show this image of a blackman knocking out a white man. 🤎
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Yasuke: The African Samurai in JapanYasuke, an African man, arrived in Japan in the 16th century. He was reportedly brought by a Jesuit missionary and soon gained the attention of Oda Nobunaga, a powerful daimyo, due to his impressive stature and skills. Yasuke became Nobunaga’s bodyguard and a respected samurai after being…[Read more]

Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) is best known for her beloved novels—The Women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, Mama Day, Bailey’s Café, The Men of Brewster Place, and 1996—but her aesthetic and intellectual projects encompassed a range of forms. She was also an essayist, a teacher, a film producer, a screenwriter and playwright, an active corres…[Read more]

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Djimon Hounsou arrived in Paris from Benin 🇧🇯 at the age of 13 with his brother, they couldn’t find work and ended up sleeping under bridges and searching for food in garbage bins . A chance meeting with a photographer led to an introduction to fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who encouraged Hounsou to pursue a modeling career. In 1987, he became a model and established a career in Paris. He moved to the United States in 1990, began appearing in music videos wasn’t long after that he made his film debut in Without You I’m Nothing (1990) and then was cast as Cinqué in 1997 Steven Spielberg film Amistad, Hounsou received wide critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the role. He gained further notice as Juba in the 2000 film Gladiator. Today Djimon is one of the widely known actors in Hollywood and through it all he remains humble and never forgets where he comes from. 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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