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Short and squat yet blues singer Jimmy Rushing’s voice soared above trumpets and trombones
By the time James Andrew Rushing passed on June 8, 1972, he had established himself as an American blues and jazz singer, as well as, pianist. Some jazz experts even considered him the greatest of the...
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How Moise Tshombe’s secession of Katanga was halted in 1963
Congo’s first prime minister and patriot, Patrice Lumumba, died in seeking to keep the mineral rich Katanga province as part of the newly formed republic. However, his foes including Moise Tshombe...
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Maude E. Callen, the midwife who delivered nearly 1000 babies and shunned a U.S president
Maude E. Callen’s contribution to safeguarding the health of African-Americans is profound. Having graduated from the Florida A & M University in 1922, as well as, completing her nursing course...
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Meet 92-year-old Christine King Farris, the only living sibling of MLK
Willie Christine King Farris, born September 11, 1927, is the eldest and only living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr. Farris was the first child of Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King...
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The 1976 assassination attempt that nearly took the life of Bob Marley and wife Rita
By 1976, Robert Nesta Marley and his Wailers band had become popular and influential in Jamaica where they had scored many hits as well as globally where Marley was viewed as reggae’s foremost exponent....
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Ugandan gay refugee in Kenya kills himself outside UN office
Kenyan police and LGBT+ refugee groups have acknowledged the suicide of a gay refugee in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi outside the office of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). The deceased’s...
