'Fake and false': EFF calls off SMG BMW protests as row over racist ad is resolved | News24

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'Fake and false': EFF calls off SMG BMW protests as row over racist ad is resolved | News24

The Western Cape EFF says it has called off protests against SMG BMW branches over a job advert favouring a white candidate, after accepting it was not the company's fault.

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Thomas Jennings, born in 1791, is believed to have been the first African-American inventor to receive a patent for an invention. He was 30 years old when he was granted a patent for a dry-cleaning process. Jennings was a free tradesman and operated a dry-cleaning business in New York City. His

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(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury

Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and

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