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    Life style, Video
    May 14, 2016
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    Take a Moment to Learn More from our Founder: Mr. J. Morris Anderson

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    Life style, Social
    August 28, 2015
    by admin

    Miss Black America Pageant Featured in New Book: Ain't I A Beauty Queen

    "Black is Beautiful!" The words were the exuberant rallying cry of a generation of black women who threw away their straightening combs and adopted a ...
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    Life style, Video
    May 25, 2015
    by admin

    This Day in Miss Black America History: T’KEYAH CRYSTAL KEYMÁH Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree

    On May 25, 2011 T'keyah Crystal Kemah received he highest honor, a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Florida A & M University. Miss Black America Illinois ...
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    March 1, 2015
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    This Day in Miss Black America History: MBAP Baltimore Toni Braxton Won 1st Grammy

    On March 1, 1994 Miss Black America Baltimore contestant Toni Braxton won her first Grammy in the Best New Artist Category. “It was surreal. I ...
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    February 24, 2015
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    This Day in Miss Black America History: Miss Black America, Joyce Warner on The Flip ...

      February 24, 1972, Miss Black America 1971, Joyce Warner appeared on The Flip Wilson Show along side Miss Black America Pageant Finalists Cheryl Burt, ...
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    January 22, 2015
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    This Day in Miss Black America History: The Jackson Five Performance

    The Jackson 5’s first ever national TV appearance was on the Miss Black America Pageant Stage in August where they played “It’s Your Thing”. They ...
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    August 17, 1968
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    This Day in Miss Black America History: Saundra Williams Miss Black America 1968 Was Crowned

    Judy Ann Ford, an eighteen-year-old gymnast from Illinois, was the first blonde in eleven years to be crowned Miss America. "I'm so glad," she gushed ...
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