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Black Books

Required reading in African-American literature by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco   Many of the earliest published Black writers were slaves and abolitionists. Phillis Wheatley spoke no…

Black Actors

Notable African-American Actors   James Earl Jones Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil…

Black Musicians

Notable African-American Musicians Bessie Smith Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…

Black Boxers

Notable African-American Boxers   Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…

Black Maria

The Question: What's a Black Maria? The Answer: A "black maria" is a slang term for a police wagon. How did it get this name? We don't know. But here are two…

Brewer's: Black

for mourning was a Roman custom (Juvenal, x. 245) borrowed from the Egyptians. Black, in blazonry, means constancy, wisdom, and prudence. Black, in several of the Oriental nations, is a…

Brewer's: Blackness

All faces shall gather blackness (Joel ii. 6) —i.e. be downcast in consequence of trouble. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BlacksmithBlackamoor A B C D E…

Brewer's: Blacks

Mutes at funerals, who wore a black cloak; sometimes called the Black Guards. I do pray ye To give me leave to live a little longer. You stand about me like my Blacks. Beaumont and…

The Black Sox:

The Black Sox: Eight Chicago White Sox players who were banned from baseball for life in 1921 for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series— RHP Eddie Cicotte (1884-1969), OF Happy Felsch (…

Black Knight

Director:Gil JungerWriters:Darryl Quarles, Peter Gaulke, and Gerry Swallow20th Century Fox; PG-13; 97 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson Black Knight…