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LeBron James on why playing with son Bronny is his No. 1 accomplishment
LeBron James has disclosed that playing alongside his 20-year-old son, Bronny James, in the NBA is his greatest achievement. Speaking on the New Heights podcast with Jason and Travis Kelce on January 15, the 40-year-old Lakers star reflected on their historic milestone as the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA, achieved in…
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Melesa Johnson becomes first Black woman to be elected as Jackson County prosecutor
Melesa Johnson has become the first Black woman to be elected as Jackson County prosecutor,...
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The history behind the Salaga Slave Market In Ghana
A report from Cambridge University Press reveals that Salaga was one of the leading slave markets...
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Get to know the powerful story behind Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ album title
Beyoncé recently unveiled the meaning of the title of her latest album, Cowboy Carter....
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The heroic story of the 27-year-old black cook who fought for his freedom with a hatchet in 1861
William Tillman was a 27-year-old steward and cook who used a hatchet to turn the tables on his Rebel captors in 1861. This violent and heroic action of the illiterate black sailor threatened with enslavement...
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Hubert Harrison, the radical Caribbean immigrant in Harlem who was described as the ‘Black Socrates’
Hubert Harrison is one of the important figures of twentieth-century African-American history. Fondly known as “the Black Socrates,” a title bestowed on him by John G. Jackson of American Atheists,...
