Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (6 January 1906 – 26 October 1947) was a South African novelist, linguist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and a radically innovative poet who created a combination of traditional and Romantic poetry in the Zulu language
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The Richard Pryor Show | The First Black President | 1977 | Richard Pryor President
@debbiemoon.bsky.social shared:
"Until now, the first [Black] voter in [britain] was thought to be the composer Charles Ignatius Sancho. But a chance discovery at the [british] Library by Dr Gillian Williamson, a historian researching lodgers in Georgian London, reveals a [Black Man] voted in an election 25 years earlier."
Her work is known for incorporating themes relating to Black [People] and indigenous peoples of the Americas into Neoclassical-style sculpture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis
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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is [an Afro] Brazilian
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Elgin Gay Baylor (September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was [a Black] American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward
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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first track and
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Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 –
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Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) was [a Black] American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel.
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Chadwick Boseman
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Robert Lee Trice (August 28, 1926 – September 16, 1988)
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Quvenzhané Wallis (born August 28, 2003)
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Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor.
…he landed his breakthrough role as baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013). He continued to portray
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Linton Kwesi Johnson CD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, [british]-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the
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Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972)
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Edric Esclus Connor (2 Aug 1913 – 13 Oct 1968)
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Dorothea Towles Church (born Dorthy Mae Towles; July 26, 1922 – July 7, 2006) was the first successful [Black] fashion model in Paris…
Racial barriers
Church recalled her experience
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Warrant Officer Class 2 Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG (born 26 July 1979), is a [british] Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in
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William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, and media personality.
Trial, conviction, and conviction overturn
…On April 26, 2018,
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