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Princess Kouka of Sudan with Paul Robeson in London on the way to North Africa to film “Jericho” in 1937.
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My gorgeous great-grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Parson Swilley. She was so lovely and sharp that a lady tried to buy the hat off of her head after church one day. She also taught me how to cook - and called me Sugarlump…
#APhiA105 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receiving a $1,000 check from Alpha Phi Alpha Gen. Secretary James E. Huger on March 20, 1956. Today is Founder’s Day for the 105-year-old fraternity which was founded in 1906 at Cornell University.
Photo via Bettman/Corbis. Original caption: 3/20/1956. Montgomery, AL: James E. Huger (center), Gen. Secretary of Alphi Phi Alpha fraternity, presents a check for $1,000 to Rev. Martin Luther King as they arrived for the second day in court. King is charged with leading a 15-week racial boycott against the city’s segregated buses. Huger and Louis C. Swingler (l), Southern Regional Vice-President of the fraternity, said the organization hopes to raise $5,000 “to help the situation here.” King was found guilty and fined $500.
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The peerless Madam C.J. Walker was born 144 years ago today. In this photo by Addison Scurlock (circa 1912), Madam Walker is wearing a Chinese silk shawl that her great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles recently discovered in a steamer trunk.
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