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  2. Lenny Henry in Pieces - Wikipedia

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    2 May 2003. (2003-05-02) Lenny Henry in Pieces is a British stand-up and sketch show by comedians Lenny Henry and Gina Yashere. It aired on BBC One between 2000 and 2003. The show began with two Christmas specials in 2000 and 2001. The 2000 show won the Golden Rose of Montreux award.

  3. The All-Negro Hour - Wikipedia

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    The All-Negro Hour was an American broadcast show that was the first radio program to feature an exclusively African American cast of performers. [1] This sixty-minute variety show was created and hosted by Jack L. Cooper who was known as the first African American radio broadcaster. [2] The All-Negro Hour first premiered on November 3, 1929 ...

  4. The Flip Wilson Show - Wikipedia

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    The Flip Wilson Show is an hour-long variety show that originally aired in the US on NBC from September 17, 1970, to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience.

  5. Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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    The First African Baptist Church had its beginnings in 1817 when John Mason Peck and the former enslaved John Berry Meachum began holding church services for African Americans in St. Louis. [31] Meachum founded the First African Baptist Church in 1827. It was the first African-American church west of the Mississippi River. Although there were ...

  6. Free Negro - Wikipedia

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    Free Negro. Free woman of color with quadroon daughter (also free); late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans. In the British colonies in North America and in the United States before the abolition of slavery in 1865, free Negro or free Black described the legal status of African Americans who were not enslaved.

  7. Black Nativity - Wikipedia

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    Black Nativity is an adaptation of the Nativity story by Langston Hughes, performed by an entirely black cast. Hughes was the author of the book, with the lyrics and music being derived from traditional Christmas carols, sung in gospel style, with a few songs created specifically for the show. The show was first performed Off-Broadway on ...

  8. John Berry Meachum - Wikipedia

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    First African Baptist Church, now named First Baptist Church City of St. Louis. John Berry Meachum (May 3, 1789 – February 26, 1854) was an American pastor, businessman, educator and founder of the First African Baptist Church in St. Louis, the oldest black church west of the Mississippi River. At a time when it was illegal in the city to ...

  9. Shout (Black gospel music) - Wikipedia

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    Shout (Black gospel music) A shout (or praise break) is a kind of fast-paced Black gospel music accompanied by ecstatic dancing (and sometimes actual shouting). It is sometimes associated with "getting happy". It is a form of worship/praise most often seen in the Black Church and in Pentecostal churches of any ethnic makeup, and can be ...