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7 Black-Owned BBQ Sauces And Rubs You Need To Try As We Observe Juneteenth

This secret family recipe is sugar- and fat-free and has been passed down since 1917.

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Dec

18

1944

William D. McCoy

William D. McCoy of Indiana was appointed minister to Liberia.

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Jan

11

1892

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Benjamin Zephaniah

Born: 4/15/1958 Handsworth,United KingdomEnglish poet and writer, born to West Indian parents. Zephaniah writes poetry influenced by Jamaican Rastafarian tradition. He is also a social activist in fields of civil rights, animal rights and vegetarianismBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:

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Atty. James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia.

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Oct

25

1915

Baca, Susana (1944- )

Susana Baca, recording artist and the first Afro-Peruvian to sit as a Cabinet Minister, was born in 1944 in Chorrillos, a seaside district of Lima, Peru, to a working class family. Her father was a chauffeur and her mother worked as cook and laundress for upper class families. Baca began singing at

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The Fight For a Ride

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Mar

27

1861

Never has the sport of boxing seen such an exhaustive transformation as that in the career of George Edward Foreman, who started off as a world-renowned boxer and later became an ordained Christian minister. Born in Marshall, Texas on January 10, 1949, the 6 foot 3 inch tall American has a lot of

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Jan

10

1949

Ertharin Cousin

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University of Illinois, Chicago University of Georgia

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William D. Crum

William D. Crum (1859-1912), a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia.

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Jun

13

1910

Johnson, Gregory Lee (1945- )

On August 5, 1999 President William Clinton appointed Gregory Lee Johnson U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland. He served in that post from November 16, 1999 to October 18, 2001. Johnson began his career in the Foreign Service in 1968 and has served in Vietnam (1968-1971). His next posts were in Japan

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Current government officials

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Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the

Henry Highland Garnet, first Black to speak in the Capitol, delivered memorial sermon on the abolition of slavery at services in the House of Representatives. Henry Highland Garnet was born a slave in New Market, Maryland, in 1815. He escaped in 1824 and made his way to New York where he studied at

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Feb

12

1865

Death of Queen Nzingha of Angola

On December 17, 1663 Queen Nzingha of Angola died at the age of 81. Belonging to the ethnic group known as the Jugas, Nzingha led the stiffest opposition to European dominaion in Africas interior, winning battle after battle against the Portuguese.

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Dec

17

1663

Church Of God In Christ, Memphis (1907- )

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Central Contractors Association

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In Southampton County, Virginia, on August 21-22, 1831, Nat Turner, a brilliant minister and moody slave, led the first slave revolt of magnitude. The revolt was crushed, but only after Turner and his band had killed some sixty whites and threw the South into panic. After hiding out, Turner was

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Oct

30

1831

Bob Marley, reggae legend dies

Thursday, May 23,1981, the Honorable Robert Nesta

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May

23

1981

Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)

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Sir Alexander Bustamante

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Aug

6

1967

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Nov

20

1865

african heritage in the caribbean

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Jan

0

1999

South Carolina constitutional convention

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Jan

14

1868

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Jun

24

1797

Grace Jones, born

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May

19

1948

Early Sermon for Abolition

On this date in 1791, Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745-1801) preached a strong anti-slavery sermon before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom and for the Relief of Persons unlawfully holden in Bondage. Edwards was a Congregationalist minister, like his more famous father, and later

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Sep

15

1791

(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at its 35th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.

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