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Nagamootoo’s attack on the US was a colossal error
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(1852) Frederick Douglass, “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July”
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Douglass used the occasion not to celebrate the nation’s triumphs but
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Source: Black Past
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Dozens killed in fresh northwest Nigeria attacks
Armed gangs killed 57 people in a string of attacks on villages in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Wednesday, as security forces struggle to curb violence in the
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Christopher Columbus
Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a series of frontiers across the grasslands of North and South America. While historians have recognized that Africans and their descendants were involved
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COVID-19 forces cultural shift in West Africa weddings
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Silk Celebrates the Power of Plants with Venus Williams and DJ Khaled
Silk launches its new “Do Plants” Initiative, which celebrates the good things that can happen when people make plants part of their everyday
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Burundi awaits poll results as opposition alleges fraud
Polling station closed across Burundi on Wednesday in a largely incident free process in keenly watched general
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Sugar in fast food, processed meat
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Population: 152,217,341 (July 2010
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Eight surprises in House Democrats' $3T coronavirus relief bill
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Senegal
National name: République du Sénegal
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Uganda: UPDF Recovers 65 Illegal Guns
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Edmondson feeds families, addresses Floyd protests
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Beware the ‘White Ninjas’ Starting Riots and Scapegoating Black Folks
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(1890) Joseph C. Price, “Education and the Problem,”
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Locust swarm destroys crops in Kenya as millions face hunger – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Johnson, Anthony (? – 1670)
Anthony Johnson was the first prominent black landholder in the English colonies.  Johnson arrived in Virginia in 1621 aboard the James.  It is uncertain if Johnson arrived as an indentured servant or as a slave, early records list him as “Antonio, a Negro.”  Regardless of his
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(1898) Rev. Charles S. Morris Describes The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
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National name: République du Niger
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Zimbabwe: Farmers Urged to De-Stock
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Somalia
National name: Soomaaliya
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Sudan: Staple Food Prices Continue to Increase in Sudan
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African Americans
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Zambia
Republic of Zambia
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Mkomazi's success story great for wildlife
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