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Black History of Health

Halle Berry

Black History of Health: Halle Berry

Though Halle Berry is well known for her acting these days, she actually started out as a model. This venture eventually led to her being ... Read More

Ossie Davis

Black History of Health: Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis, the characteristically deep-voiced actor, blazed a path for Black actors on stage and screen for years with his wife and acting ... Read More

Tank

Black History of Health: Tank

Born Durrell Artaze Babbs, Tank got his start in the music industry by singing backup vocals for Ginuwine. After being introduced to and ... Read More

Kerry Washington

Black History of Health: Kerry Washington

Though Kerry Washington is most known for her role in ‘Scandal’, she started acting at a young age. While she was a teenager, the future ... Read More

Tia Mowry

Black History of Health: Tia Mowry

Tia Mowry started acting with her older sister, Tamera from an early age. When they were 12, it only took a month for them to get their ... Read More

Ray Charles

Black History of Health: Ray Charles

Frank Sinatra called him “the only true genius in show business.” Billy Joel said that he” was more important than Elvis Presley.” To his ... Read More

Fredrick Douglass

Black History of Health: Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Born a slave in Maryland, he quickly learned that God ... Read More

arthur ashe

Black History of Health: Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe accomplished many firsts in his lifetime.  In 1963, the gifted tennis player made history as the first Black player to ... Read More

Aretha Franklin

Black History of Health: Aretha Franklin

Most of us know the Queen of Soul. During her long career, Franklin won 18 Grammys, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and was the ... Read More

James Brown

Black History of Health: James Brown

When James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73, officials at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital Midtown cited congestive heart ... Read More

Roxie Roker

Black History of Health: Roxie Roker

Lenny Kravitz has shared that Johnny Cash held him when he learned of his mother’s death in 1995. He was so pained that he wrote a song ... Read More

Barry White

Black History of Health: Barry White

Over a four-decade career, Barry White sold more than 100 million records, charted dozens of gold and platinum albums and earned two Grammy ... Read More

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