On June 22, 2011 King B graced Glastonbury’s main festival stage and performed hit after hit ranging from Destiny’s Child material to her recent work.…

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Condoleezza Rice, to date, is one of the most powerful and unique women in the history of United States politics. However, her many victories didn’t…

Michelle Obama hosted a Black History Month celebration at the White House, where she invited 80 middle and high school students from New Orleans and…

This is Troy Davis. He was charged for the murder or police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989 and executed in 2011. Davis maintained his innocence…

What originally started out as just an interest in his own genealogy, became a publication from which millions of African-American suddenly called their own story. American…

I was just a teenager when Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr. became the first African-American to walk in space. Selected by NASA in January 1990, Dr. Harris…

This Black History Month, The Urban Daily looks back at a variety of memorable African-American moments from 2000 to 2012. Spanning the worlds of entertainment,…

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In 1985, Halle Berry represented the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen All-American Pageant and won. A year later, she became the first runner-up…

This Black History Month, The Urban Daily looks back at a variety of memorable African-American moments from 2000 to 2012. Spanning the worlds of entertainment,…

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Sometimes an accidental creation can lead you to your next big idea, and that’s exactly what happened to aerospace engineer, Lonnie Johnson. While trying to…

Where oh where would be without this crafty tool for our favorite summertime treat. We can thank inventor and businessman named Alfred L. Cralle, who invented…

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If you love video games, then you must thank engineer Gerald A. Lawson for creating the first home video game system with interchangeable cartridges. The…