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Despite our predictions to the contrary, number one seeded shows The Jeffersons and Good Times suffered devastating loses in the “Elite Eight” match-ups of our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition. See Greatest Black Sitcom Bracket Challenge Good Times was defeated by second seed A Different World. Even more surprising, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air […]

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1970: Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their New York fight and became the world heavyweight boxing champion.

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Way Black When

Christopher “Kid” Reid of Kid-N-Play is hosting Way Black When on TV One. The former MC and dancer was once known for having one of the highest hi-top fades in all of hip-hop. During TV One’s Upfront showcase TheUrbandaily.com asked him who was the true king of the hi-top fade; Kid or Larry Blackmon of […]

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1964: Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly” recording becomes his first and only number one record.

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1946: Tony Award and Emmy Award winning entertainer and dancer Gregory Hines is born in New York City.

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1923: The 1st Black professional basketball team “The Renaissance” is formed. They were collectively inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1963.

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1909 – During a “call to action” meeting led by W.E.B DuBois and attended by many other black scholars and activists, the NAACP is founded.

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It was 1997 when Love Jones premiered starring budding stars Larenz Tate and Nia Long, and almost 15 years later we’re still jonesin’ for the movie that came to be a definitive portrait of black love. Written and directed by Theodore Witcher, Love Jones was the first in a series of films in the late […]

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Today marks the 68th anniversary of the birth of one of black music’s greatest songwriters, Curtis Mayfield. His work with his group The Impressions, as well as his solo work continues to live on in today’s music through sampling. Having been sampled by artists ranging from Mary J Blige to Kanye West, his music has […]