by Black Girl | Jun 1, 2018 | Nicca News, Sports
ESPN News Services Jack Johnson, the first black man to become world heavyweight champion, was posthumously pardoned Thursday by President Donald Trump for a 1913 conviction for violating the Mann Act. Trump had said in April that he was considering the pardon after...
by Black Girl | Dec 5, 2014 | Nicca News
as explained by Bucky Balls Well, Cosby was the first major cross over artist into the happy white world. There was Sammy Davis, and Harry Belafonte, Paul Robeson and Jack Johnson, there was Sachmo and Nat King Cole and others, but they were not allowed into the happy...
by Black Girl | Mar 21, 2014 | Nicca News, Propaganda, Sports
from About.com Who really snubbed 1936 Olympic champion Jesse Owens? Although many people know better, the myth of Hitler’s snub of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin is persistent. But that’s not where the Olympic myths end. The alleged snub is...
by Black Girl | Nov 14, 2013 | Nicca News
Sharon Raiford Bush| Celebrity Examiner Golden Globe award-winning actor Don Cheadle (“House of Lies”) is set to portray the late jazz musician and trumpeter Miles Davis in a biopic, titled “Kill the Trumpet Player.” The film project,...
by Black Girl | Apr 23, 2013 | Music, My Favorite Things, Nicca News, R.I.P.
Posted on Apr 22nd 2013 5:00PM by The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 72. Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, was...
by Black Girl | Apr 8, 2012 | Nicca News, R.I.P., Television, While You Were Sleeping
Gil Noble, a legendary black journalist, has died at 80. Noble hosted the New York public affairs show “Like It Is” for 33 years. WABC, the station he worked for, said that he created “the largest body of programs and documentaries on African...
