He had made the Fillmore Auditorium popular worldwide by bringing famous African American performers like Billie Holiday,James Brown and Sammy Davis,Jr.Bill.

VOA: special.2010.12.03

Over the years, the program has provided millions of dollars to help African American students get money for college.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

The musical helped launch the careers of several African American performers, including singers Josephine Baker and Paul Robeson.

VOA: special.2010.10.08

He had just become the first African American man to sing with this important American opera company.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

He wrote about the lives of African American civil rights leader, Reverend Martin Luther King Junior and United States Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

African American children die from the disease at five times the rate of white children.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

He is the first African American to direct a film nominated for best picture.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

The position made him the highest level African American in the United States government.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

Graham had rented the Fillmore Auditorium from an African American man named Charles Sullivan.

VOA: special.2010.12.03

She was a businesswoman, the first female African American to become very rich.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

He is African American and gay, and he says that at first, he did not take the nomination too seriously.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

On the other hand, it is here where that the journey and much of the African American experience begin,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

At a community forum Saturday, people spoke about the singer and his complicated relationship with the African American community.

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

The main character, played by best actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe, is a troubled and overweight African American teenager.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18