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Nelson Mandela will forever be remembered for the key role he played in dismantling South Africa’s system of racial apartheid. The activist and politician, who died on Dec. 5, 2013, at the age of 95, became an international symbol of peace and
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18
1918
Spiritually Speaking | Dallas Weekly
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Ghana: MP Salutes Constituents for Asking Relevant Questions
The sitting Member of Parliament for Tema West in the Greater Accra Region, has applauded delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), for what he calls spirit of discernment that is characterising their assessment of
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The Black Revolution on Campus
Scholar Martha Biondi examines the impact of the black power movement of the 1960s and 1970s on academia and colleges, including the establishment of Black Studies at universities. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN
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Great Queens of Africa
Queen Amina came to power between 1588 and 1589 in the Ancient Nigerian Kingdom of Zaria. A brilliant military strategist she fought many wars and won them all. She is credited with the building of the famous Zaria Wall. Today she is remembered as Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana meaning Amina
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0
1999
Surveillance Videos Shows Multiple Trespassers at House Ahmaud Arbery Visited
Video clips of multiple people trespassing in the house that Ahmaud Arbery entered have been released by the owner of the house, according to
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Civil War Voices: Records from the National Archives and a Personal Collection (2016 May 25)
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10
2016
The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance
In the article below, independent scholar Robert Fikes Jr., explores a centuries-old process in the United States where African Americans with no visible African ancestry “pass” into the Caucasian race or other races to avoid the stigma associated with anti-black racial discrimination
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Fort Lawton (Seattle) “Riot” and POW Lynching, 1944
On August 14, 1944, African American soldiers “rioted” against Italian prisoners of war at Seattle’s Fort Lawton, an Army staging area for combat in the Pacific. American officers and POWs under their guard were severely beaten. The next morning one of the POWs, Guglielmo Olivotto, was
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Aug
14
1944
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Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bathes, more commonly known by his stage name “Bo Diddley”, was an American R&B vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. Diddley was also known as ‘The Originator’ due to his vital role in the transition of Blues music to Rock and
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2
2008
Ota Benga, African native kept in zoo, kills self
An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were mans evolutionary ancestors - monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and a African of
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Mar
20
1916
Cynthia Bailey Opens Up About Quarantine Sex With Fiancé Mike Hill
Quarantine life has its downside, but Cynthia Bailey appears to be thoroughly enjoying life on lockdown with her finacé, Mike
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Andrew Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard hailed from Eastlake, Alabama, a small town outside of Birmingham. With the emergence of the railroad industry and its rapid expansion throughout the country, an alarming number of railmen suffered serious injuries to their arms and legs when they were crushed during manual
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Jack Cope
Jack Cope , byname of Robert Knox Cope (born June 3, 1913, Mooi River, South Africa—died May 1991, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England), South African writer best known for his short stories and novels about South African
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Jun
3
1913
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Anambra Identifies Cattle Dealer From Kano As Second Case
Awka — Anambra State has recorded the second case of coronavirus pandemic and the victim was a returnee from
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Deep Soul The Up Rising Of Otis Redding Part 1.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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27
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Cayton, Susie Revels (1870-1943)
Susie Sumner Revels, a daughter of Hiram Revels, the first U.S. Senator of African descent, arrived in Seattle, Washington from Mississippi in 1896. Her reason, she stated, during a 1936 Washington Pioneers Project interview, was the man she was going to marry was here. He was Horace Roscoe
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Jul
12
1896
The Truth About Michael Jordan’s Flu Game Is Finally Revealed In The Last Dance
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is one of the most successful female recording artists of all time. She was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee to C. L. and Barbara Franklin. C.L. was a famous Baptist preacher who later founded his own church and Barbara was an accomplished pianist and singer. Aretha was
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Mar
25
1942
Malcolm X
Born: 5/19/1925 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.Died: 2/21/1965 New York City, New YorkMalcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of
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Kid Cudi Celebrates New Single “Leader of the Delinquents” With Virgil Abloh-Designed T-Shirt
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NBA community reacts to Moses Malone's death
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(1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Black Power”
Soon after he was named chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael began to tout the slogan and philosophy of Black Power.  In the speech below he explains  Black Power to an audience at the University of
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Triston scandal: welcome home, Yagnesh Devani
Devani, a man with a deceitful persona, was in a class of his own and when he pulled the Triton scam, he not only left the country reeling with an oil shortage but left so many unanswered
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Martin Luther King "If I had sneezed"
Subscribe to FreeMyPeople channel. On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther Kings last speech Ive been to the Mountaintop includes a story about how if he had sneezed after being stabbed the miracles with the civil rights movement would not have
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Rwanda: France Arrests Rwandan Businessman Wanted in Connection With 1994 Genocide
French police have arrested a man accused of funding militias that massacred hundreds of thousands of people in Rwanda 1994
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(1898) Rev. Charles S. Morris Describes The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
Long termed a “race riot,” the turmoil that enveloped Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898 is now called an armed insurrection. White supremacists drove from power all of the black and white elected officials of this predominately African American city in what was believed to
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10
1898
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