On October 8, 2004, the first Black woman won the Nobel Peace Prize. Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, 64, was honored by the Nobel committee for standing at the 'front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa.' She is an outspoken environmentalist, whose tree-planting campaign slows […]

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