Black History from Pittsburgh

We know that it is very important for the world to know about our heritage.

EVERY WEEK we will honor and represent our African American heroes. 

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The Week of August 22nd, 2010: IN BLACK HISTORY
CELEBRATING BLACK AND LATINO HISTORY EVERYDAY
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON

Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time, leaves an indelible imprint on popular music and culture.

Five of Jackson's solo albums - "Off the Wall," "Thriller," "Bad," "Dangerous" and "HIStory," all with Epic Records - are among the top-sellers of all time and “Thriller” holds the distinction as the largest selling album worldwide in the history of the recording industry with more than 70 million units sold. Additionally, singles released from the Thriller album sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, another all time record.

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REST IN PEACE MOM

Andrea Lee Oliver Woodson aka "Andy" aka "Mother"

Lucy Curry , Dot Talley, Bertrand "Goocher" Frye, Vera Downing, Emily Hyatt, Evelyn "Peaches" Smith, Tyrone D. Harper, Edward "Coo" Pratt, Irma Woodson, Russell Woodson, Cayce "Beany" Woodson, Margorie Robinson-Adams, Nora Moorehead-Dixon, Irene Moorehead-Battle, Shawn Stribling, James Dixon, Anthony "Torry" Dorsey, Ross "Booper" Thomas, Termain "Butter" Woodson, Dorothy Jean Lee Ransom, Michelle Graham, Charles Andrew Ransom, John Martin Moorehead, Jr., Donna Ann Davis, Patrice "Trice Ball" Howze, Louise Ledbetter, Mary Ann Barlow, Edward Pratt, Anthony "Tony" Jones, Antionette "Tone Tone" Moore, Stoney Jackson, Deondre "Bookie" Smith, Lynn Pratt, Cassandra "Sandy" Woodson, Louise "Grandma Red" Pamplin, Robert "Jeep", Yvonne "Cookie" Anderson, Brian "Big B" Bennett, Marie Barbara Dorsey, Lisa Robinson, Allen "Remy" Austin, Robert "Bishop", Tom Cat, Don "Ellis" Johnson, Dwayne Gardner, Ronetta "Baby Sis" Williams, Mrs. Mary "Love" Anderson Harvey, Joyce Ford, Hurky Fields, Dwight "Anthony" Baskins, Joseph Turk, Terrance "Tooker" Rainey, Antone Lamont Strothers, Michael "THE KING OF POP" Jackson, Malik Hyatt-Scott, Lillie M. Martin, Harvey Adams Jr., Kenneth Killer, Sr., Lydia "LaLa", Bruce, Kenny Fisher, Ronna Jones, Reverend Maurice Doss, Mernice "Cookie" Miller, Nina Ross, Mrs. Reed, Mara Dyer-Knox, Eric A. Whack, Minister Norman Williams, Glenn Campbell, David J. Macklin, Priscilla "Pat" Bailey, Angela Saunders, James Simpkins, Robert R. Lavelle, Melissa Harris, Ted Webb, Tywaun Johnson, Squirrel

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