Posts Tagged ‘black history month’

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ONYC Highlight: Queen Latifah

Her birthday is exactly one month from today. Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970),better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six [...]

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ONYC Highlight: Venus and Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the [...]

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ONYC Highlight: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928)is an American author and poet who has been called “America’s most visible black female autobiographer” by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.  The first and most highly [...]

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ONYC Highlight: Jackie Joyner- Kersee

Jacqueline “Jackie” Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women’s heptathlon as well as in the women’s long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those four different events. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest [...]

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ONYC Highlight: Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to [...]

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ONYC Highlight: Coretta Scott King

On January 15th in honor of Martin Luther’s King’s birthday we did a feature on how to achieve her style. She’s back here again as the 2nd highlight for this month. Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, [...]

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ONYC Highlight: Madam C. J. Walker

It’s the first day of Black history month and we’ll be highlighting 29 black women throughout the month. For what we do around here, what better person could start this month off for us than the lovely Madam C.J. Walker. Just like her, we’re here to provide quality hair products that no other company can [...]

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