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Peebles (Scottish Gaelic: Na Pùballan) [3] is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire . According to the 2011 census , the population was 8,376 [ 4 ] and the estimated population in June 2018 was 9,000.
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Peebles was founded in 1891 by William Smith Peebles, who opened his first store in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Peebles mainly concentrated on small towns that didn’t have department stores, thus avoiding bigger cities and higher rents. In 1981 the company acquired The Collins Company, a line of mid-priced, comparable stores.
Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biographical drama film, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles.The film is based on the struggles of Van Peebles' father Melvin Van Peebles (played by Mario himself), as he attempts to film and distribute Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a film that was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable African-American audience ...
Because no studio would finance the film, Van Peebles put his own money into the production, and shot it independently. Van Peebles was given a $50,000 loan by Bill Cosby to complete the film. "Cosby didn't want an equity part," according to Van Peebles. "He just wanted his money back." Van Peebles wound up with controlling ownership of the film.
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the early 2020s. He worked as an active filmmaker into the early 2020s.
Bill Nunn III was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Frances Nunn and William G. Nunn, Jr., a journalist and editor at the Pittsburgh Courier and a National Football League scout. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His paternal grandfather was the first African American football player at George Westinghouse High School . [ 3 ]
William T. Peeples (died 10 March 2004) was an American jazz drummer.. After studying bebop drumming with Ed Blackwell and "Philly" Joe Jones, he served in Korea before joining Ray Charles’ band in the mid-1950s, [1] appearing on “I Got a Woman”, Charles’ first No. 1 R&B hit in 1954.