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Today We Honor A Tribe Called Quest
Queens, New York natives Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Jarobi, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of Brooklyn, formed A Tribe Called Quest in 1985. The group is one of hip-hop’s most legendary, beloved and revered groups of all time.
Easily recognized for their unique approach to rap music by employing jazz infused soundscapes to Afro centric rhymes, ATCQ was largely responsible for the popularity of a new genre that dominated the East Coast sound of the early 1990s.
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Today We Honor The Voice Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross’ voice and distinct singing style led to not only monumental success, but an instant recognition when you hear him singing–through your stereo, car radio, on TV or in a movie.
Coupled with that voice, was Luther’s unique ability to write and sing about love and the shared emotions we all feel in that search and enjoyment of love. Love of family, friends, the special someone–all were themes Luther explored with his music regularly, reaching many, becoming a staple in the most joyous moments of people’s lives through his songs for the last two generations.
Luther had been in entertainment for 35 years. From his introduction to the world as a singer on the first season of PBS’s Sesame Street in 1969 to winning four Grammy Awards in 2004, Luther was a permanent and dynamic force in popular music. He crossed boundaries, starting with his earliest success as a background vocalist and arranger for David Bowie, Bette Midler, Barbara Streisand, Donna Summer, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, J. Geils Band, Ben E. King, Ringo Starr and Chic. He produced records for Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston.
For almost 25 years, from 1981 to 2005, Luther dominated the American R+B music charts like no other artist before or since. In that span Luther released eight (8) #1 R&B albums, seven (7) #1 R&B singles and another five (5) Top 20 R&B singles. He achieved crossover status with eight (8) Billboard Top 10 albums, including reaching #1 with 2003’s Dance With My Father; and another five (5) Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles.
Luther received 31 Grammy Award nominations, winning 8 times. Additionally, Luther won eight (8) American Music Awards, including Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist seven (7) times. via luthervandross.com
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Today In History
Charles Mingus, bassist, composer, pianist, and bandleader, was born in Nogales, AZ, on this date April 22, 1922.
A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy.
Mingus’ work ranged from advanced bebop and avant-garde jazz with small and midsize ensembles, to pioneering the post-bop style.
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“You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates
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“Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned… If your knowledge were your wealth, then it would be well-earned… If we were made in his image, then call us by our names… Most intellects do not believe in God, but they fear us just the same..” Erykah Badu, ‘On & On’
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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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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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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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What ya’ll thought I was gonna forget Jackie Robinson 42 Day!
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Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader, and civil-rights leader, was born in Crescent City, FL, on this date April 15, 1889.
Randolph who was an influential figure in the struggle for justice and equality for African Americans. He was the organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and began organizing that group of Black workers. At a time when half the affiliates of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) barred Blacks from membership, Asa Phillip Randolph took his union into the AFL.
Despite opposition, he built the first successful Black trade union; the brotherhood won its first major contract with the Pullman Company in 1937.
He warned Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt that he would lead thousands of Blacks in a protest march on Washington, D.C.; Roosevelt, on June 25, 1941, issued Executive Order 8802, barring discrimination in defense industries and federal bureaus and creating the Fair Employment Practices Committee.
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The Incomparable Faith Ringgold
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The Incomparable Rico Wade
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Today We Honor Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle, actor, film producer and philanthropist rose to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s.
Cheadle is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. His Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony nominations make him one of few black individuals to be nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).
Following early roles in Hamburger Hill, and as the gangster “Rocket” in the film Colors, Cheadle built his career with roles in Devil in a Blue Dress, Rebound: The Legend of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault, Rosewood, Boogie Nights, and Bulworth.
His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films Out of Sight, Traffic, The Ocean’s Trilogy, and No Sudden Move.
Cheadle lead role as a Rwandan hotel manager in the genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also campaigns for the end of genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and co-authored a book concerning the issue titled Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond.
Don Cheadle film “Miles Ahead” is based on the iconic jazz musician ‘Miles Davis. His role as War Machine is popular in the Marvel Universe, and the hit series Black Monday, has brought the best out of Don Cheadle artistry, as he plays Mo Monroe the lead character of the show.
Cheadle extended his global recognition with his role as James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beginning with Iron Man 2, and garnered a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance as the character in the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. He will lead the film Armor Wars as part of the franchise.
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Today In History
Both an esteemed actor and a respected humanitarian, Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field on this date April 13, 1964. Poitier was the first African American to receive an Oscar for a leading role.
By consistently refusing to play the stereotypical roles that were offered to him as an African American actor, Poitier blazed a trail for himself and the performers who followed him.
By the time he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for The Defiant Ones (1958), his work in such films as The Blackboard Jungle (1955) had made him America’s first prominent African American film star.
With his historic Oscar win for Lilies of the Field, Poitier became only the second African American to win an Academy Award. The first was Hattie McDaniel, who won in the Best Supporting Actress category in 1939 for Gone with the Wind. McDaniel played Mammy, the enslaved governess to the spoiled Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara. Critics of the film, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), pointed to the role as an example of the typical Black stereotypes that Hollywood was keeping alive.
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Herbie Hancock contemporary jazz composer, musician, band leader and actor was born in Chicago Illinois on this date April 12, 1940.
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy® Awards, including Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters, he continues to amaze audiences across the globe.
There are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz, R&B and Hip-Hop than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, “Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven’t heard anybody yet who has come after him.”
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Percy Lavon Julian, chemist who held 138 patents and helped create drugs for treating arthritis and glaucoma [cortisone and physostigmine, (1935)] and Aero Foam, used to put out gas/oil fires in World War II, was born in Montgomery, Alabama on this date April 11, 1899.
Throughout his life he was socially active in groups seeking to advance conditions for African Americans, helping to found the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of Chicago and serving on the boards of several other organizations and universities.
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Lee Elder became the first African American to play in golf’s Master’s Championship on this date April 10, 1975.
Years earlier, in his prime, Lee Elder played in the United Golfers Association tour, the sport’s version of baseball’s Negro leagues.
Elder was among the leading players on the UGA tour, which over the years also featured such outstanding golfers as Ted Rhodes, and Charlie Sifford, who was the first African American player on the PGA Tour.
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