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How the son of freed American slaves found fortune and glory in Imperial Russia  Archive photo; Russia Beyond In his native Mississippi, the black American Frederick Thomas only found discrimination, but in Tsarist Russia, he became rich and successful as the owner of Moscow’s most popular night clubs. He fathered five Russian children and became a Russian citizen. He planned to stay in Russia, but the Revolution forced Thomas to think twice. “American Negro Who Made and L...

Frederick Thomas, known to fans as Fred the Godson, died last April from COVID-19 and was honored in South Bronx with a street renaming.

Glasses wearers less likely to get COVID, study says Wearing glasses might give you an extra layer of protection against COVID. A new study out of India found people who wear glasses are three times less likely to get the virus. Researchers suggest thats because theyre less likely to touch their eyes-- which can be a significant route of infection. 105-year-old survives COVID, offers advice to long life Lucia DeClerck said Tuesday shes feeling wonderful. She has now lived through two World Wars...

Pioneering country music singer Charley Pride (1934-2020) dies of COVID-19 Country music singer Charley Pride died from the COVID-19 virus on December 12 in Dallas at age 86. He was the first African American artist to achieve major success in country music, signing with the RCA Victor label in 1966. He produced at least 30 chart-topping country songs through the late 1980s and sold over 70 million records worldwide. Pride is best known for songs of love and heartache, including “Kiss an Ange...

There was no description of the driver immediately available. NYPD said they are still investigating and no arrests have been made. This is at least the 224th traffic fatality this year, an increase of 11.4% over this point in 2019 so far. There have been 95 pedestrian deaths from cars this year, police said. On Friday, Frederick Thomas, 49, was killed while biking on First Avenue near East 118th in East Harlem, police said, following a crash that appeared to involve a box truck driver and an i...

around in western europe. he described how in 1920 he escaped from the bolsheviks in south russia and landed in constantinople, and ten he wrote the following sentence which ill translate for you from the russian. i began to perform, he said, in the outdoor entertainment guard b of our famous moscow negro -- [inaudible] thom, the own or of the famous maxim in moscow. now, this so surprised me that i closed the book and put it down. id studied this period in russian history and culture,...

the famous trips of the representatives of the harlem renaissance of people like langston hughes that was in the soviet period. i was intrigued like to find dead curious new fact i began by a google. nothing came up so i used to russia and the search engine and what came up was the same sentence that started me off but i was intrigued so i spent several months digging through yale universitys library in they came up with very little and what i did was contradictory but then i was hooke...

this is the first major incident since the deadly derailing 2009. this happened when a train carrying 1000 passengers came off the track at the metro station. we are first on the scene live outside of the station. >> cruise with heavy equipment are down here on the lowest level. as you can see heavy a quick match trying to read-rail that drained so that there are no morning commute delays. earlier, this six-car packed with about 1000 passengers derailed. >> what is next? >> it will be ...

top of the hour. chances of the downgrade after the supercommittee failure. and a great excuse to pour yourself an extra cup of coffee. mark preston, live for us at washington, d.c., the home of the cnn debate tonight. >> the republican and constitution hall in the heart of washington, d.c., we are just steps away from the white house. these candidates are focusing on trying to sell themselves on a very, very key issue. that is national security. an issue that has not really been dis...

top of the hour. chances of the downgrade after the supercommittee failure. and a great excuse to pour yourself an extra cup of coffee. mark preston, live for us at washington, d.c., the home of the cnn debate tonight. >> the republican and constitution hall in the heart of washington, d.c., we are just steps away from the white house. these candidates are focusing on trying to sell themselves on a very, very key issue. that is national security. an issue that has not really been dis...