This Day In Quiztory
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 21:59:13
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Synopsis
The weekday podcast featuring short narratives about significant events in African American history read by celebrities and influential community leaders.
Episodes
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09.26_"Didn't We Almost Have It All" - Whitney Houston
26/09/2022 Duration: 39s#OTD Whitney Houston's "Didn't We Almost Have it All" began a two week run on top of the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her fifth consecutive number one single.
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09.23_Happy Heavenly Birthday, Ray Charles!
23/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Legendary singer and songwriter Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. The multi-Grammy Award winning recording artist would have been 92 today.
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09.22_Emancipation Proclamation Announcement
22/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect on January 1, 1863.
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09.21_Atllas_Remembering Track Star Florence Griffith-Joyner
21/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD The world mourned the loss of Olympic gold medalist and global fashionista Florence Griffith-Joyner. Arizona philanthropist Lloyd Hopkins celebrates her life and legacy.
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09.20_Boycott Organized at Bethel A.M.E. Church
20/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD A group of free black men in Philadelphia gathered and organized a boycott of products made by slaves. This gathering is considered to be the first meeting of the Colored Conventions Movement.
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09.19_Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
19/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Iota Phi Theta Fraternity was founded on the campus of Morgan State.
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09.16_Author and Motivational Speaker Debbye Turner Bell
16/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Debbye Turner, now known as an author and motivational speaker, was thrust into the national spotlight by being crowned Miss America, the third African American to hold the title.
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09.15_Juaquin Hawkins_16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
15/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD A bomb exploded near the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama killing four little girls and injuring many others. Basketball player and author Juaquin Hawkins narrates.
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09.14_Shondrella Avery_Opera Singer Leontyne Price
14/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Opera singer Leontyne Price received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon B. Johnson. Actress Shondrella Avery narrates.
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09.13_Rest In Peace, 2Pac!
13/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Recording artist and actor Tupac Shakur died in a Las Vegas, Nevada hospital. Today we remember his life and legacy on the 26th anniversary of his passing.
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09.12_R&B Singer Barry White
12/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD R&B singer Barry White was born in Galveston, Texas.
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09.09_Poet Sonia Sanchez
09/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Poet and activist Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Today we celebrate her life and work on her 88th birthday.
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09.08_Singer Dorothy Dandridge
08/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD The entertainment world lost singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge. Today we celebrate her career and legacy.
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09.07_Painter Jacob Lawrence
07/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Painter Jacob Lawrence, known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Atlantic City, NJ.
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09.06_Olympic Champion Rafer Johnson
06/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Track and field champion Rafer Johnson won gold in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games.
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09.02_Judge Joseph W. Hatchett
02/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Judge Joseph W. Hatchett was sworn in as the first black justice on Florida's Supreme Court.
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09.01_Olympian George Poage
01/09/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Track and field athlete George Poage won two bronze medals becoming the first African American to medal in an Olympic Games.
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08.31_Bank Founder William Hudgins
31/08/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Pioneering bank founder William Hudgins, the first president of Freedom National Bank, passed away at the age of 100.
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08.30_Rodney Perry_Space Trailblazer Guion Bluford
30/08/2022 Duration: 01min#OTD Astronaut Guion Bluford launched aboard his first mission for NASA becoming the first African American in space. Comedian Rodney Perry narrates.
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08.29_Happy Heavenly Birthday, Michael Jackson!
29/08/2022 Duration: 01minToday we celebrate the King of Pop on what would be his 64th birthday. Happy heavenly birthday, Michael Jackson!