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Encyclopedia Britannica: Barbara Clementine Harris
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Barbara Clementine Harris, an African American clergywoman and social activist who was the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sean Combs
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Sean Combs, an American rapper, record producer, and clothing designer, who founded an entertainment empire in the 1990s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: De La Soul
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features De La Soul, an American rap group whose debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), was one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Taj Mahal
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Taj Mahal, an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of what came to be called world music. He combined blues and other African-American...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Berry Gordy, Jr.
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Berry Gordy, Jr., an American businessman, founder of the Motown Record Corporation (1959), which became the most successful black-owned music company in the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Archie Moore
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Archie Moore, an American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion from Dec. 17, 1952, when he defeated Joey Maxim in 15 rounds in St. Louis, Mo., until 1962, when...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Beyonce
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History features Beyonce, an American singer-songwriter and actress who achieved fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B group Destiny's Child and then launched a...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Aime Cesaire
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Aime Cesaire, a Martinican poet, playwright, and politician, who was cofounder with Leopold Sedar Senghor of Negritude, an influential movement to restore the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Ernest Brown
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Ernest Brown, an American tap dancer born April 25, 1916, Chicago, Ill. . This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage, includes a wealth of information on...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Dennis Brutus
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Dennis Brutus, a poet whose works centre on his sufferings and those of his fellow blacks in South Africa. This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage,...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Earl Lloyd
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Earl Lloyd, a basketball player who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This site, rich in detail and breadth of...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Barney Ewell
This entry features Barney Ewell, an American athlete, one of the world's leading sprinters of the 1940s. Although he was believed to be past his prime when the Olympic Games were resumed after World War II, he won three medals at the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Charles Burnett
This entry features Charles Burnett, an American filmmaker who gained critical acclaim for his realistic and intimate portrayals of African American families. Burnett's films were revered by critics yet rarely enjoyed any commercial...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Bernard Shaw
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bernard Shaw, an American television journalist and the first chief anchor for the Cable News Network (CNN). Shaw's childhood heroes included newsman Edward R. Murrow, whose television...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: George Dixon
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features George Dixon, a Canadian-born American boxer, the first black to win a world boxing championship. He is considered one of the best fighters in the history of the bantamweight and...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Buck O'neil
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Buck O'Neil, an American baseball player who was a player and manager in the Negro leagues.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Charles Morgan, Jr.
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Charles Morgan, Jr., an American attorney born March 11, 1930, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Floyd Mayweather, Jr., an American boxer whose combination of speed, power, and technical prowess made him one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of his generation.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Charlotte E. Ray
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Charlotte E. Ray, an American teacher and the first black female lawyer in the United States.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: E. Franklin Frazier
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features E. Franklin Frazier, an American sociologist whose work on African American social structure provided insights into many of the problems affecting the black community.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: E. Lynn Harris
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features E. Lynn Harris, an American author, who in a series of novels drew on his personal familiarity with the gay community to chronicle the struggles faced by African-American men with sexual...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Alonzo J. Ransier
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alonzo J. Ransier, a black member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina during Reconstruction.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Bill T. Jones
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bill T. Jones, an American choreographer and dancer who, with Arnie Zane, created the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Adah Isaacs Menken
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Adah Isaacs Menken, an American actress and poet widely celebrated for her daring act of appearing (seemingly) naked, strapped to a running horse.