On March 14, 1793, Chloe's owner, William Vrooman, sold Chloe to another man who lived on the American side of the Niagara River. Chloe did not want to be sold. She resisted the sale. Peter Martin and William Grisley saw Chloe being sold, and her struggle to stay in Upper Canada....
Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Also ranks #78 on The Best Soft Rock Bands of All Time...
In 1939 , the famous singer Marian Anderson was supposed to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington , D.C. However , the group calledthe Daughters of the American Revolution,who owned the hall . banned her from singing there . Their reason : she was...
In 1969, Glass was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his recurring supporting role as Sol Cooper, the widowed landlord to the title character on the sitcom "Julia," one of the first television series to feature an African American woman, Diahann Carroll, in a leading role. Birthplace...
Duane L. Jonesmade history when he appeared in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. He was the first African American actor to star in a horror movie. When he died of a heart attack at the young age of 51 in 1988, his ashes were given to his family. ...
Attorneys for former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles have summarized arguments that he feared for his life when he gave his friend a gun moments before a woman was killed in the crossfire of a January gunfight. 9. Tuscaloosa News Building to Demolished as Design of Saban Center Nears Fin...
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), wife of Martin Luther King Jr, was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader that advocated for African-American equality and led the Civil Rights Movement along with her husband. Even following Martin Luther King’s death, Scott King continued to ...
( )1. This story is about Sandy Green, a famous American actress and singer. ( )2. Sandy Green began to act in a TV show before she finished school. ( )3. Sandy loved acting, but she didn't study hard at school. ( )4. Playing Charlence Mitchel in the TV show "The Hendersin ...
African American poet Nikki Giovanni's early work was influenced by the Black Power movement. Her later work reflects her experience as a single mother. 65 of 100 Mary Cassatt traveler1116/Getty Images A rare woman among the Impressionist painters, Mary Cassatt often focused on themes of ...
a Jewish American woman with whom he had developed a relationship in Massachusetts. They had two sons together before separating in 1971 and divorcing in 1973. Obama first worked for an oil company, before beginning work as an economist with the Kenyan Ministry of Transport. He gained a promot...