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This Week in Good Black News: Nelly And Ashanti Are Back Together, Michael Irvin Settles For $100M and Spike Lee Calls Out The Critics

HBCUs also made some big moves this week!
09/15/2023
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Super Bowl LVI: The Blackest Halftime Show Performances Over the Years

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This Day in Black History: Nov. 21, 1934

Ella Fitzgerald debuts at the Apollo Theatre.
11/21/2020

This Day in Black History: April 25, 1917

'First Lady of Jazz' Ella Fitzgerald is born.
04/25/2020
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Numbers on the Board: Music Stars From Virginia

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This Day in Black History: Nov. 25, 1928

Vocalist Etta Jones was born in Aiken, South Carolina.
11/25/2014

This Day in Black History: May 24, 1974

Composer and musician Duke Ellington died at age 74.
05/24/2014

Toni Braxton on Who She Wants to Spend Time With After Midnight

The singer returns to Broadway with Babyface.
03/19/2014
Nat King Cole: The Nat King Cole Show - In 1956, singer/musician Nat King Cole made history by becoming the first African-American celebrity to have his own TV show. Unfortunately, the variety show was canceled after one season. NBC couldn’t find advertisers or, as Nat so famously said, “Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.”(Photo: CBS/Landov)

This Day in Black History: Nov. 5, 1956

The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC.
11/05/2013

This Day in Black History: Aug. 21, 1904

Bandleader William "Count" Basie was born.
08/21/2012
"Elusive" - Lianne La Havas - "Elusive" by Lianne La Havas has a lot of meaning in this episode considering the situations that Mary Jane, David, Andre and Paul Jr. all find themselves wrapped up in.(Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Soho House)

Lianne La Havas Is Making a Love Connection in the U.S.

The singer-songwriter is poised to be Britain’s next star.
08/09/2012