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(1869) Frederick Douglass Describes The "Composite Nation"
In an 1869 speech in Boston, Frederick Douglass challenged most social observers and politicians (including most African Americans) by advocating the acceptance of Chinese immigration. His argument is presented
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Tunisia
Tunisia to͞onē´zhə, tyo͞o– [key], Fr. Tunisie, officially Republic of Tunisia, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,075,000), 63,378 sq mi (164,150 sq km), NW Africa. Occupying the eastern portion of the great bulge of North Africa, Tunisia is bounded on the west by Algeria, on the north and east by the
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Nigeria
Nigeria nījĭr´ēə [key], officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2006 provisional pop. 140,003,542), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. It borders on the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) in the south, on Benin in the west, on Niger in the northwest and north, on Chad in
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When Blacks Succeed: Part Two
The second part of the award winning video, When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
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Kenya
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Niger
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The Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–1936)
The Second Italo-Abyssinian War was Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia, a process it began after the 1885 Partition of Africa. Italy was defeated in its first attempt at conquest at the battle of Adwa in 1896, allowing Ethiopia to become the only African nation to remain free of European control. Italian
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Guitar hero: 1960s proto-punk rocker Wayne Kramer brings music workshops to prisons | Afro
The song, “Jail Guitar Doors,” was about guitarist Wayne Kramer—who at the time was wrapping up a prison sentence in Lexington, Kentucky for selling cocaine to an undercover federal
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Togo
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Joseph, James A. (1935- )
James A. Joseph is a lifelong educator and public policy activist who served as the first African American U.S. ambassador to post-apartheid South Africa from 1996-1999.  Joseph has worked to promote leadership opportunities in both the corporate world and through the Federal government.  The
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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg: Digging Up African History
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Anderson, Lauren (1965- )
When Lauren Anderson was promoted to principal dancer with the Houston Ballet in 1990, she became the first female African American principal dancer in the United States and, at the time, the world’s only African American prima ballerina heading a major ballet
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Mauritania
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When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
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Slave narrative
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26 years of democracy have not yet ensured black lives matter as much as white ones - NMF
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Parliament approves SLPP chairman Dr. Harding and nine others for high office
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Cameroon University Suspends Professor for Asking a Legal Question in a Law Class – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Kenya: When Genocide Fugitive Kabuga Ran Businesses in Kenya
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