KiKi Shepard, the graceful face of ‘Showtime at the Apollo,’ passes at 74 For more than a generation, Black households watched “Showtime at The Apollo.” The night was not complete until KiKi Shepard glided across that stage. Mainstream America had Vanna White. Black America had KiKi—an emblem of elegance, poise, and unmistakable Black glamour. She became a cultural fixture as the woman who made even the most nerve-wracked […]

'KiKi Shepard, the graceful face of ‘Showtime at the Apollo,’ passes at 74'

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Together, they are remembered as the “New Orleans Four.” Children who faced mobs, hatred, and isolation so future generations could learn in integrated classrooms. Their courage still echoes today.

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Baldwin (a Leo) and Nina Simone (a Pisces) in the early 60s -- can you imagine?

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Happy Birthday Evelyn Preer!! One of the first African American film stars, she gets her start in films in Oscar Micheaux’s “The Homesteader” (1919). Known among the African American community as the First Lady of the screen, she goes on to appear in 18 more films.
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Coretta Scott King-was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

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