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Mary Jane Grant Seacole was an early nurse in the British Empire during the 19th Century. Born in Kingston, Jamaica as Mary Grant, she was the daughter of a Scottish officer and a black mother. Mary’s mother ran a hospital/boarding house in Kingston and she, after a brief period as
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Guyana elections boss opts out of CCJ hearing
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Cleopatra: Woman of Power (Review of a Documentary)
In 1999, ABC-TV presented their version of the life of Cleopatra -- Queen Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of Egypt, and one of the few women to rule Egypt.  The Discovery Channel re-aired their documentary on Cleopatras life.  Ruler of Egypt, she married two Roman rulers, sequentially: Julius
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Ethiopia Invaded by Italy
Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior
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Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Champion (1878-1946)
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Zifa, Mamutse take SRC to court
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Court explains reason for denying appeal against rape, abduction
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Herman Charles Bosman
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Kingston, Jamaica (1692-- )
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City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)
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Liston, Sonny
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