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11
1958
St. George’s, Grenada (1649- )
St. George’s is the capital of Grenada, an island nation located in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The city has an estimated population of 4,300 people in a nation of 105,897 people (2012). St. George’s is positioned on the island’s southern coast on a small peninsula that has a shallow exterior bay
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Brixton Riots (April 10-12, 1981)
The Brixton Riots of April 10-12, 1981, described as the first serious riots of the 20th century in England, were the first large scale racial confrontations between black British youth and white British police.  The rioting was sparked by antagonism between black youths and the
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John Morront becomes 1st black missionary to work with Indians is ordained as a methodist misinister in London,England
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15
1795
Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire (1909- )
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10
1990
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20
1743
Afro-Asian Writers' Conferences (1958-1979)
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Thomas, Harry K., Jr. (1956- )
Though born in New York City, New York’s Harlem community, Harry Keels Thomas, Jr. was raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Queens where most parents were civil servants.   His mother was a social worker and his father, a World War II veteran, operated small businesses.  Thomas finished
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Somalia
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Porter Wesley, Dorothy (1905-1995)
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1929
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Elliott, Robert Brown (1842–1884)
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Jackson, Maynard, Jr. (1938-2003)
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1603 Mathieu Da Costa, a free black explorer, guides the French through parts of Canada and the Lake Champlain region of what is now New York state. 1603
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Angola
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Entebbe Raid (June 28, 1976)
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