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Growing list of those born or died on March 17 in any year
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor.
Cole began his career as a jazz pianist#blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksingers #blackmusic #blacktivists #blackactors #blacksports #blackmastodon
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Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Mor%C3%A9
#afrolatino #blacksingers #blackbandleaders #blacksongwriters #cuba/4
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Olivia Theresa Longott (born February 15, 1981) is an American R&B singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_(singer)#blacksingers #indian #jamaica #cuba
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investor, and music publisher. He wrote over 2000 songs and arranged for notable people such as Florenz Ziegfeld, Orson Welles, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Duchin, Benny Goodman, and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jordan_(musician)Whitney Houston died 14 years ago today.
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[british] Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and political activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)#blacksociologists #blactivists #blackacademics
William Omar Landrón Rivera (born February 10, 1978)
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#afrolatino #blacksingers #blacksongwriters #blackrecordproducers
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and officers handcuffed him at a Hoyt Street address [in 2017].
https://www.btpm.org/crime/2017-12-14/lack-of-criminal-charges-in-wardel-davis-death-leads-to-protest-of-buffalo-policeEva María Angélica Ayllón Urbina (born February 7, 1956), is a female composer and singer, one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian
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Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was [a Black] American gospel singer. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in [Black] churches throughout the U.S.
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TB a Black King shared the text and video below.
😱 🙏🏾👏🏾It doesn't make any sense how he can do this with his voice. They sound Amazing and this brother is BAD. I love my people
Video source: @TheyHaveTheRange
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constructed a type of crude but working and properly tuned harpsichord out of junk in his back yard, since his family lacked the money to buy or rent a piano. On this contraption young Tony was able to reproduce hymns he heard in church;
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackmastodon #blackpianists #blacksingers #blackcomposers
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Overton Vertis Wright (October 9, 1939 – November 16, 1980) was an American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African-American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul's most authoritative and individual artists.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Mar 20 1915 – Oct 9 1973)
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Shari Lynn Belafonte (born September 22, 1954)
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Solomon Popoli Linda OIG (1909 – 8 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name), was a South African musician
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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackafrican #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackmusicians #blacksingers #blackcomposers #blackmusic #blackhistory #blackmastodon
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Casandra Elizabeth Ventura (born August 26, 1986)
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blackdancers #blackactors #blackmodels #blackmastodon
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"How old were you when you found out this was Alicia Keys?
#tv #blacktv #greattv #blackactors #blacksingers #blackmastodon
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Kalimba Kadjaly Marichal Ibar (born 26 July 1982), known mononymously as Kalimba, is a Mexican singer and actor.
Career
Kalimba was born in Mexico City to Afro-Cuban parents.(1/4)
#afrolatino #blackdiaspora #hispanic #latin #latinx #blacksingers #blackactors #blackmastodon
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Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is an English-Ghanaian rapper, singer, and songwriter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormzy
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackghanaian #blackafrican #blackbritish #blackrappers #blacksingers #blacksongwriters #blackmastodon
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Barry White died 22 years ago today
Bill Withers would have been 87 today
Today is the 44th anniversary of the Toxteth [Uprising]
#blackamerican #blackbritish #blacksingers #blackrevolutionaries #blacktivists #liverpoolmastodon #britishmastodon #blackmastodon
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When Black performers, including [Lena] Horne, faced racism from white neighbors in Hollywood, “’Felix Young, a white man, signed for the house
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#blackwomen #blackactors #blacksingers #blackdancers #blacktivists #blackpeople #blackamerican #whitepeople #blackmastodon
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Prince would have been 67 on Saturday
Lance Reddick would have been 63 Saturday
Muammar Al-Gaddafi would have been 82 Saturday(1/3)
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackfirsts #blacktivists #blacksingers #blackmusicians #blacksongwriters #blackactors #arab #blackmastodon
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@penny_moss shared:
'Naomi Campbell Explains Her Reluctance to Do Interviews in [england], “The [british] media, Campbell maintained,
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#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackbritish #whitepeople #blackmodels #blacksingers #blackactors #blackfirsts #blackhosts #blackpresenters #blackmastodon
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Cornel West is 72 today.
Bo Diddley died 17 years ago today.
Morena Baccarin, who is partly African, is 46 today.
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blachistory #blackphilosophers #blacktheologians #blacktivists #blackpoliticians #blacksocialcritics #blackintellectuals #blackfirsts #blackguitarists #blacksingers #biracial #italy #lebanon #brazil #WOC #POC #multiracial #african #blackmastodon
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JW:
Jamal Roberts is not only just an American Idol Winner, he's a Winner in life. This young Man is a school teacher but he gave away all of his prize money to a non-profit that help kids(1/2)
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackteachers #blacksingers #whitewomen #whitepeople #blackmastodon
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"If you want to make the world a better place,
Take a look at yourself and make a change."
- Michael Jackson
#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blacksongwriters #blackdancers #blackphilanthropists #blackmastodon
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Not all women are willing to stand up for every woman.
I guess that Chaka Khan does because she sang
I'm every woman
#blackwomen #blacksingers #blackpeople #whitewomen #blackmastodon
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@murphdogg29
"Tina Turner picked cotton as a young girl."
#blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blacksingers #blacksongwriters #blackauthors #blackactors #blackhistory #blackmastodon