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RuPaul’s Drag Race winner and America’s Next Top Model make-up artist Raja Gemini will present the New York premiere of her first solo show, Raja: Gawdess! Details of Raja: Gawdess! are a closely guarded secret. With Raja at the helm, it’s sure to delight fans, drag enthusiasts and fashionistas alike. Raja Gemini, is an American make-up […]
Dorothy Maynor, born September 3, 1910, was an international concert soprano, founder of the Harlem School of the Arts, the first African American to sing at an American president’s inauguration (Harry S. Truman’s, on January 20, 1949), the first African-American artist to perform at Constitution Hall, the first woman to conduct at the United Nations, and […]
Dr. James Francis Shober, born August 23, 1853, was the first known black physician to practice in North Carolina. In 1875, at the age of 22, he graduated second in his class, with a grade average of 95.5, from the Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He received an A.B. degree. Shober then enrolled in the Howard University […]
Isaac Hayes, born August 20, 1942, was a singer/songwriter, actor and producer. He was best known for his musical score for the film Shaft. For the Theme from Shaft, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972. He became the third African-American, after Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniel, to win an Academy Award in […]
Maxine Waters, born August 15, 1938, is the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving as a Democrat since 1991. She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional […]
THIS IS MAJOR!!! NYC nightlife icon, and member of pop dance group The Ones, Paul Alexander is finally premiering his first musical Trinkets on August 3rd, in NYC! The show follows the story of a group of drag and transsexual prostitutes who interact with patrons of an underground Meatpacking District nightclub, MC’d by Mr. Pea […]
