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In 1955, Anderson became the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She gave her last performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965, before settling on a Connecticut farm with ...
Roadblock is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line, comic books, and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Heavy Machine Gunner and debuted in 1984. Roadblock is one of the most prominent African Americans in the series. [citation needed] He is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson in the 2013 film G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
K. ^ Jim Corrigan was an African-American police officer and an ally of Jimmy Olsen and Black Lightning L. ^ Jody was an ally of Tomahawk. M. ^ Machiste was a sometimes ally of the Warlord N. ^ Martin Ellis woke from coma in Justice League Quarterly #17 with powers of Tempest O. ^ Mister Bones was the DEO regional director
John Stewart debuted in Green Lantern vol. 2 #87 (December 1971/January 1972) when artist Neal Adams came up with the idea of a substitute Green Lantern. [3] The decision to make the character African American-descent resulted from a conversation between Adams and editor Julius Schwartz, in which Adams recounts saying that given the racial makeup of the world's population, "we ought to have a ...
Celebrate Black History Month with these family films that depict the lives of African-American heroes and the ongoing quest for human decency.
Considered to be the "Black Captain America", Isaiah Bradley is depicted as an underground legend among much of the African-American community in the Marvel Universe. A number of the most noted Africans and African-Americans of the twentieth century's last four decades visit Bradley as a sign of respect and, in many cases, hero worship.
American Heritage, Vol. 46, No. 1, February–March 1995. Greenly, Larry W. Eugene Bullard: World's First Black Fighter Pilot. Montgomery, Alabama: NewSouth Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1-58838-280-1; Gordon, Dennis. The Lafayette Flying Corps: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War I. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military ...
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History is a guide to African-American black history through re-enactments with a familial sitcom set-up and archival footage. [1] Cast