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Byron Allen is an American entrepreneur, television producer, and philanthropist. Born on April 22, 1961, in Detroit, Michigan, Allen...

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Sammy Davis Jr. was an American entertainer, singer, dancer, and actor. Born on December 8, 1925, in Harlem, New York, Davis Jr. began...

, born in 1942 in Harlem, New York, was an ophthalmologist, inventor and humanitarian. She was the first African American female doctor...

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Sandra Douglass Morgan former defense attorney who graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law in 2003...

State Rep Kyra Harris Bolden makes history by becoming the first black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court. Kyra Harris Bolden,...