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Tripoli has been the capital of Libya since its independence in 1951. Tripoli is the largest city in the country and in 2002 it had an estimated population of 1,223,300 people. The city is also the chief seaport, commercial, transport, communication, and industrial center of Libya. Tripoli is
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3
2002
Spike Lee talks drafting story for ‘NBA 2K16′ video game
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Black school
Black schools originated under legal segregation in the southern United States after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, in southern states public policy to keep races separated and maintain white supremacy. In the United States white opposition to African-American success resulted in
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Roberta Flack / Killing Me Softly With His Song
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(1875) John Wesley Cromwell, “Address on the Difficulties of the Colored Youth in Obtaining an Education in the Virginias”
Twenty-nine year old John Wesley Cromwell, born into slavery in 1846, was by 1875 an attorney, politician, educator, and newspaper editor, was a rising leader in Virginia’s Reconstruction-era African American community.  On August 23, 1875, he addressed the Colored Educational Convention meeting in
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Aug
23
1875
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American tennis star with 22 Grand Slam titles (7 Singles, 13 Doubles, 2 Mixed Doubles) and 4 Olympic Gold Medals and is known as one of the best players of her generation. She is the elder sister of Serena Williams who holds 33 Grand Slam titles to her
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'The Amazing Nina Simone': a tumultuous tale, well told
After Trayvon Martin was fatally shot three years ago in Sanford, Fla., a song from the civil-rights era, “Mississippi Goddam,” erupted on the airwaves. For many youngsters, it was probably the first time they had ever heard the fierce, regal, husky alto of Nina Simone (1933-2003), but
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MPS preps for 2020 senior graduation during COVID-19 pandemic
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) began the distribution of graduation materials to high school seniors and their families on Monday, May 11, 2020 at their respective
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Zhou Enlai's African "Safari" (1963-1964)
Zhou Enlai’s first tour of Africa, popularly known as Zhou’s “Safari,” was a series of state visits to ten independent African countries, undertaken between December 1963 and February 1964 by the Chinese Premier. These visits, which occurred during a period when many countries were
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HISD Board approves 'Innovation' designation in 7-2 vote
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(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Public Address”
? On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln addressed a jubilant crowd that had gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C.  While the crowd expected an address celebrating the Union
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Executive Order 11246
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Sep
24
1965
Keith, Kenton Wesley (1939- )
On May 26, 1992, career diplomat Kenton Wesley Keith was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S. ambassador to Qatar.  After U.S. Senate confirmation, Keith arrived in Ad-Dawhah (Doha), the capital of Qatar and presented his credentials on September 2, 1992.  He served until July
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LOC’d in with LOC: A graduate’s perspective
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Zimbabwe 'decrees' mask wearing amid lockdown extension
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Iowa Man's Face Broken In Five Places After Being Assaulted By Group of White Men: 'I Thought It Was Over for Me'
DarQuan Jones was walking to his girlfriend’s apartment around 3:25 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, when he was accosted by three white men, according to The Des Moines
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(1928) Beatrice Morrow Cannady Speaks to the NAACP
When in June 1928, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chose to hold its 19th annual conference in Los Angeles, California, it was the first time the Association’s meeting was held in the West. W.E.B. DuBois was the major speaker. He was followed by a then
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Jun
28
1928
Africa: U.S. Seeks Creative Solutions to Prepare African Nations Against Viral Threat
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(1864) Abraham Lincoln “Address at a Sanitary Fair"
During the Civil War Northerners organized sanitary fairs to raise funds on behalf of the United States Sanitary Commission, a charitable relief organization which promoted the welfare of Union Soldiers.  President Abraham Lincoln addressed one such fair in Baltimore, Maryland on April
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Apr
18
1864
Los Angeles City Mayor Garcetti Announces 'All In for L.A.' County-Wide Campaign Encourages to Remain Resilient in the Response to COVID-19.
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iPhone maker Foxconn's profits gutted by smartphone slump
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May
20
1868
Togo
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Feb
25
1928
White flight
White flight is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the 1950s and 1960s, and applied to the large-scale migration of people of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. The term has more recently been
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Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South
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In 2009 W. Mae Kent, published Titanic: The Untold Story, the first historical fiction novel on the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic which makes it’s central character, Nathan Badeau Legarde, a black man.  The inspiration for her story came from Joseph Phillipe Lemercier Laroche, an Afro-French
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