New mural celebrates ‘Black Mamba’
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Aug. 24 has become “Mamba Day” in Los Angeles, the day the…
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Aug. 24 has become “Mamba Day” in Los Angeles, the day the…
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Hattie McDaniel is known for famously saying, “I’d rather play a maid than be one….
April 13, 1964 Sydney Poitier, who died earlier this year, became the first African American to win the Academy Award…
March 20, 1948 Los Angeles actor James Baskett becomes the first Black man to receive an Academy Award when he…
Feb. 29, 1940 Los Angeles actress-activist Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win a coveted Academy Award when…
Wave Staff and Wire Report LOS ANGELES — Heartfelt tributes and testimonials continued to pour in Jan. 7 for Sidney…
February 29, 1940 Los Angeles actress-activist Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win a coveted Academy Award when…