The local chapter of the NAACP in Jackson, Mississippi, gave posthumous honors to three civil rights trailblazers who ...

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Jamal Roberts, a 27-year-old physics teacher from Mississippi, has been crowned the winner of American Idol 2025. Roberts ...

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Jamal Roberts, a physical education teacher from Mississippi, made history by winning the 23rd season of American Idol, ...

Jamal Roberts becomes the first black man to win the American Idol 2025 trophy in 22 years, marking a historic moment. Here’s everything about his background, wife, children, and more.

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Robert 'Ed' Smylie created an improvised life-saving device using duct tape that allowed Apollo 13 astronauts to return ...