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The Black Legion was a white supremacist terrorist organization and hate group which was active in the Midwestern United States in the 1920s and the 1930s. It split off from the Ku Klux Klan and grew to prominence during the Great Depression. According to historian Rick Perlstein, the FBI estimated that its membership numbered "at 135,000 ...
Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo. The group's lineup during the height of their popularity in the 2000s [5] featured Fergie, who replaced Kim Hill in 2002. Originally an alternative hip hop group, they subsequently refashioned themselves as a ...
The Black Crowes is an American Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia.Originally formed by brothers Chris (lead vocals) and Rich Robinson (guitar) in 1984 as Mr Crowe's Garden, the group went through a series of early personnel changes before settling on a lineup including guitarist Jeff Cease, bassist Johnny Colt and drummer Steve Gorman in 1989.
Black Hippy was an American hip hop supergroup [1] [2] [3] from South Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. The group consisted of West Coast rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q. [4] Black Hippy was constructed after all of its members had signed to Carson -based indie record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE).
Spouse. Marion King (d. 1991) Alma mater. Seattle University. University of Washington. Occupation. Politician. Samuel J. Smith (July 23, 1922 – November 16, 1995) was a member of the Washington House of Representatives and the Seattle City Council. He was the first African-American to serve as a Seattle city councilman.
William O'Neal, FBI informant whose role was dramatized in the film Judas and the Black Messiah. Pat Parker, Black lesbian-feminist poet and activist. Died in 1989. Larry Pinkney, served nine years in prison in Canada and the U.S., and was also a member of the Republic of New Africa. Geronimo Pratt, Deputy Minister of Defense, died in 2011.
The United States House of Representatives has had 157 elected African-American members, of whom 151 have been representatives from U.S. states and 6 have been delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. [1] The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch ...
Dick Black (politician) Richard Hayden Black (born May 15, 1944) is an American politician. A Republican, he served as a member of the Virginia State Senate, representing the 13th District, which encompasses parts of both Loudoun and Prince William Counties, from 2012 to 2020. [1] Black was previously a member of the Virginia House of Delegates ...