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In the 2003 book, “Reinventing Dance in the 1960s,” Solomons — who began dancing at age 4 — expressed that […] The post Prolific Black choreographer Gus Solomons Jr. dies after sudden heart failure appeared first on TheGrio.

Nichols famously played Lt. Nyota Uhura on 'Star Trek.'

Actor who blazed a trail for black women on American TV in the 1960s in the role of Lt Uhura in Star Trek

Songwriter extraordinaire Oscar Brown Jr., who died this week on May 29, 2005, brought his first Broadway show – “Kicks & Co.” – to Chicago for its world premiere. Here’s how it went.

In honor of MLK Day, HowStuffWorks Now remembers how Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded Nichelle Nichols to stay on the sci-fi show.