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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hall of fame basketball icon and civil rights activist was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. in New York City on this date April 16, 1947.

Jabbar was a star player for UCLA and became the NBA’s lifetime leading scorer. He also led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA titles.

An activist throughout his playing career, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tackled many issues, from promoting cultural heritage as a high school star from Harlem to refusing to participate in the 1968 Summer Olympics because he didn’t “feel very patriotic” after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Abdul-Jabbar pursued interests in acting and writing. He appeared appeared in several films, including the 1979 martial-arts film Game of Death and the 1980 comedy Airplane! He wrote books and produced documentaries surrounding the game, social justice and his life.

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・ Rest in peace. Dove. 今朝起きて一番最初に見た文字が、彼の訃報だった。 それからずっと頭の中を巡る “3, that's the magic number “. 今年に入り直ぐに全てのプラットフォームにストリーミングされる報せは、彼ら3人の願いが叶った瞬間で、私たちも笑い歌い、大いに祝った。 日本でまた会える事をとても愉しみに思ってたよ。 病は辛い。だけど早いよ。 やすらかに、Dove。 #delasoul #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #trugoythedove #davidjudejolicoeur #delasoul #3feethighandrising #rip #sip #hiphop #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke @cartermagazine “Everybody's sayin'… What to do when suckin' lunatics start diggin' and chewin’, They don't know that the Soul don't go for that Potholes in my lawn… And that goes for my rhyme sheet… Which I concentrated so hard on, see… I don't ask for maximum security… But my dwellin' is swellin' It nipped my bud when I happened to fall Into a spot… Where no ink or an ink-blot Was on a scroll… I just wrote me a new mot… But now it's gone… There's no Suckers knew that I hate To recognize that every time I'm writin' It's gone.” - Trugoy the Dove Rest in Peace | David Jude Jolicoeur CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com https://www.instagram.com/p/Col694IyCz-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Posted @withrepost • @cartermagazine Today In History Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, educator, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, humanitarian, and founder of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), was born in Washington, DC, on this date October 10 1901. Two extraordinary activists of their respective times resided within three blocks of each other in the Anacostia section of the District of Columbia. Frederick Douglass, the great 19th century social reformer and human rights advocate, last lived in the Cedar Hill neighborhood. Frederick Douglass Patterson, a namesake to the former slave, was born in the Buena Vista Heights neighborhood. Not only did Frederick Douglass Patterson share the statesman’s name, but he was also similarly imbued with a gift for launching sweeping societal advancements. Patterson was a 1987 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, and 1988 recipient of the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #frederickdouglasspatterson #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiYGKXMPkgHtzZ87nm_nhmXs2KZasN0UdueKQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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In celebration of the @netflix film “Shirley” premiering today, staring @iamreginaking - CARTER Magazine want to hear from you and know, “When did you first learn about Shirley Chisholm?”

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Playwright August Wilson is one of the most important voices in modern theater. He has won acclaim from literary and theater critics for his plays, which portray the African American experience in the twentieth century, one decade at a time.

Wilson won Pulitzer Prizes for two of them: Fences (1987), and The Piano Lesson on this date April 17, 1990.

He grew up in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, where he was surrounded by the sounds, sights and struggles of urban African American life that would later fuel his creative efforts. But Wilson’s appreciation for the culture in which he had grown up did not bloom fully until he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in his early thirties. From that distance, he gained an appreciation of the richness of the culture and the language of the place where he had spent his youth.

“In the Hill District, I was surrounded by all this highly charged, poetic vernacular which was so much part and parcel of life that I didn’t pay any attention to it. But in moving to St. Paul and suddenly being removed from that environment and that language, I began to hear it for the first time and recognize its value,” he says.

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What ya’ll thought I was gonna forget Jackie Robinson 42 Day!

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Alice Walker, poet and activist, received the “Pulitzer Prize” in fiction for The Color Purple on this date April 18, 1983.

Walker’s novels, short stories, and poems are noted for their insightful treatment of African American culture.

The Color Purple, an epistolary novel, it depicts the growing up and self-realization of an African American woman between 1909 and 1947 in a town in Georgia.

The book was adapted into a film produced by Quincy Jones and directed by Steven Spielberg in 1985. A musical version produced by Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones premiered in 2004.

And in 2023 The Color Purple musical was turned into a film produced by Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Steven Spielberg and Scott Sanders.

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Marvin Gaye was a major force in twentieth century music—a singer of rare sensitivity, a versatile pianist, expert drummer, writer of startling originality and producer capable of seamlessly integrating a multitude of melodic strands. Beyond his great popularity, his impact on artists of his generations and generations to come is enormous.

Like no artist before or after, Gaye possessed an uncommon cool for combining the secular and spiritual. A man who lived much of his life at war with himself, music was his refuge, the place where he generated wondrous harmony.

Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. was born in Washing, D.C. on this date April 2, 1939.

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Nat King Cole, legendary singer, pianist, and entertainer, was born in Montgomery, AL, on this date March 17, 1919.

By the 1950s, Cole emerged as a popular solo performer. He scored numerous hits, with such songs as “Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa,” “Too Young” and “Unforgettable.” In the studio, Cole got to work with some of the country’s top talent, including Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, and famous arrangers such as Nelson Riddle.

Cole made television history in 1956 when he became the first African American performer to host a variety TV series. The Nat King Cole Show featured many of the leading performers of the day, including Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Bennett.

His daughter Natalie Cole included a cover of the song Unforgettable on her album Unforgettable… with Love. It was certified 7× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, for which Cole became the first African-American woman to win the award.

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Robert Nesta Marley was born on this date February 6, 1945 in Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica.

Marley is one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.

Marley and his friends Neville “Bunny” Livingston (Bunny Wailer), and Peter McIntosh (Peter Tosh) formed the Wailing Wailers. The Wailers’ big break came in 1972 when they landed a contract with Island Records. The result was the critically acclaimed “Catch a Fire.”

Marley went on to sell more than 20 million records throughout his career, making him an international superstar. His musical legacy continues through his family and longtime bandmates.

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds.” - Bob Marley

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Sandra Bland: Say Her Name

Sandra Annette Bland was a 28-year-old woman from Chicago, who was taken into custody by a state trooper in Prairie View, Texas, following a minor traffic violation on July 10, 2015. Many people consider Sandra’s traffic stop to be a textbook case of rampant racial profiling.

After authorities reviewed the dashcam footage, the white state trooper who arrested Sandra was placed on administrative leave for failing to follow proper traffic stop procedures. He was subsequently indicted for perjury for making false statements about the circumstances surrounding Sandra’s arrest, and he was fired. On July 13, 2015 just three days after being arrested, Sandra Bland was found hanged in her jail cell and her death was ruled a suicide.

Most of us today have suspicions about the alleged suicide.

Rest In Peace… Rest In Power.

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Today We Honor Beah Richards

Beulah Elizabeth Richardson, known professionally as Beah Richards, was a strong fiercely activist, poet, playwright, actress, author and powerful Black woman. She was as forceful and authentic in her portrayals as she was on the podium demanding justice and equal rights.

Richards received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Sidney Poitier’s mother in the 1967 film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, as well as winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest roles in the television series Frank’s Place in 1988 and The Practice in 2000. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 1965 production of The Amen Corner.

In 1951 Beah wrote a sweeping poem that influenced the Civil Rights Movement.

“I speak not mockingly, but I fought for freedom, I’m fighting now for our unity. We are women all, and what wrongs you murders me and eventually marks your grave so we share a mutual death at the hand of tyranny.”

“I would that the poor among you could have seen through the scheme and joined hands with me, then, we being the majority, could long ago have rescued our wasted lives.”

Upon her passing, as a final protest, Beah Richards had her ashes spread across a Confederate cemetery. She refused to let white Hollywood – or white America – define her. She continued her fight for liberation even after her death!

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Today In History

Dana Elaine Owens born March 18, 1970, better known as Queen Latifah is a Grammy and Emmy Award - winning and Oscar - nominated musician, actress, producer, label president, author, and entrepreneur.

She has earned six Grammy Award nominations, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1994. In 2004, she was nominated for Best Female Rap Solo Performance for “Go Head.” In 2005, she was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album for The Dana Owens Album, and in 2008, she was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Trav’lin Light.

Her previous film credits include Jungle Fever, Set It Off, Chicago, Bringing Down the House, Beauty Shop, The Last Holiday, Life Support, Bessie, Girls Trip, and End of the Road. Her television credits include Living Single and Star. Latifah starred in the live television adaptations of The Wiz Live! for NBC and The Little Mermaid Live! for ABC.

Latifah can currently be seen in the hit CBS series The Equalizer, for which she is also an executive producer.

All Hail The Queen 👑

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Miriam Zenzi Makeba, internationally renowned singer was born near Johannesburg, South Africa, on this date March 4,1932, during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was imprisoned for six months for illegally brewing beer to help make ends meet, and Miriam went to prison with her as she was just 18 days old. She grew up in Nelspruit where her father was a clerk with Shell Oil.

Makeba began her music career singing for her cousin’s band, the Cuban Brothers, but it was only when she began to sing for the Manhattan Brothers in 1954 that she began to build a reputation. She toured South Africa, Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia) and the Congo with the band until 1957. After this Makeba sang for all-women group, the Skylarks, which combined jazz and traditional African melodies. Makeba’s appearances in the films Come Back Africa (1957) and as the female lead in Todd Matshikiza’s King Kong (1959) cemented her reputation in the music industry both locally and abroad.

“Empress of African Song”

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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin

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Jack Johnson became the first Black World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out champion Tommy Burns on this date December 26, 1908.

Johnson fought professionally from 1897 to 1928 and engaged in exhibition matches as late as 1945. Until his fight with Burns, racial discrimination had limited Johnson’s opportunities and purses. When he became champion, a hue and cry for a “Great White Hope” produced numerous opponents.

He also wrote two books of memoirs, Mes Combats (in French, 1914) and Jack Johnson in the Ring and Out (1927; reprinted 1975).

Nicknamed the “Galveston Giant, Johnson is considered by many boxing observers to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.

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