News from communities around Los Angeles
September 20, 1987
Actress Alfre Woodard wins the Emmy Award for outstanding guest performance in a dramatic series for NBC’s “L.A. Law.” She also won an Emmy in 1984 for a supporting role in “Hill Street Blues.”
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January 31, 1988 Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in a NFL championship game, is named MVP of Super Bowl XXII in San […]
April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson starts at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black to play in Major League Baseball in the […]
December 18, 2002 A group led by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, was awarded the NBA’s new Charlotte expansion franchise, making Johnson […]