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TheGrio's 100: Jessica Care Moore, a revolutionary writer to represent black youth
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Jessica Care Moore's fans call her the spoken word laureate of the hip-hop generation...
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Percy Sutton, attorney, politician and media mogul, dies at 89
8:13 AM on 12/27/2009
VIDEO - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broke...
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Apollo celebrates the King of Pop
6:08 PM on 06/30/2009
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Harlem's famed Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the performer, clutching photographs, cheering and dancing to his music at the legendary venue that launched the one-time child star's career. A black fedora with a white glove draped across its brim sat on a lone...
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Apollo Theater to commemorate Michael Jackson
3:20 PM on 06/30/2009
Michael Jackson performed at the Apollo Theater several times in his career - first, in 1969 when he was just a young boy, and, most recently, in 2002 at the invitation of former President Bill Clinton at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. Starting Tuesday, The Apollo will hold...
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Harlem pays tribute to the King of Pop
9:49 PM on 06/25/2009
Chay Lee of theGrio reports from the Apollo Theater in Harlem, where Michael Jackson fans gathered Thursday night to remember the King of Pop....
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Black Music Month: How the Apollo shaped black music
7:59 AM on 06/24/2009
As the story goes.... there once was a dancer who showed up to the Apollo Theater for Amateur night in 1935. The young lady saw the dancers scheduled to go on ahead of her and decided to quit, fearing she could not compete with them. But before she could exit...
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Apollo Theater in Harlem celebrates 75 years
6:12 PM on 06/09/2009
By Julia Mayes and Sonia Narang The Apollo Theater in Harlem celebrated its 75th anniversary Monday. Originally opened in 1914, African-Americans weren't allowed into the theater until 1934. That year, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Carter began performing at Amateur Night hour at the Apollo. Since then, the Apollo Theater has...
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