today in black history

October 11, 2025

Pianist Art Blakey, leader of the "Jazz Messengers" and mentor to jazz artists, is born in 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Video of the the First Lady's Speech

POSTED: September 05, 2012, 3:35 pm

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Source: Democratic National Convention Committee

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