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French court dismisses case against TotalEnergies E. Africa oil project | Africanews

It was the first case of its kind in France, and activists had hoped it would set a legal precedent to halt projects deemed harmful to the environment and human rights.

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Abbott, Cleveland Leigh (1892–1955)

Cleveland Leigh Abbott was born December 9, 1892 in Yankton, South Dakota. He is most remembered for his coaching career at Tuskegee Institute (now University) in

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1955

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The Notting Hill Riots (1958)

Amidst racial intolerance and competition over resources, the white working class of the Notting Hill area, London, UK, launched an attack against members of the black community on August the 30, 1958. Forced to arm themselves in defence, the confrontation lasted

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Amatore, Michele (1826?-1883)

As a six-year-old boy named Quetto, Michele Amatorewitnessed his village of Commi in the Nuba Mountains of southern Sudandecimated by Egyptian soldiers and their leaders who profited from the slavetrade. The oldest of four children, hisfather was a village chief named Bolingia; his mother was

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7

1883

Moore, Kermit (1929-2013)

Over a long distinguished career Kermit Moore has been a cellist of outstanding acclaim, an orchestra conductor, composer, teacher, and mentor. Through these activities in classical music he has been successful in breaking down racial and social

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The French abolish Slavery in all there territories, 1848

The French abolish Slavery in all there territories, 1848

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1848

Egyptian architecture

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Townsend, Willard S. (1895-1957)

African American labor leader Willard S. Townsend was born on December 4, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Willard and Cora Elizabeth Townsend. In 1938 he organized railway workers of several Chicago, Illinois stations to form the International Brotherhood of Redcaps and remained the union’s president

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Adedeji, Adebayo and L. Rowland Management Problems of Rapid Urbanisation in Nigeria Yes

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Bullard, Eugene James ["Jacques"] (1895-1961)

Eugene James (Jacques) Bullard, the first African American combat aviator, was known as the “black swallow of death” for his courage during missions. He led a colorful life, much of it in

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1895

Alexandre Dumas dies

The French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas died.

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1895

Callioux, Andrew (1820-1863)

Andrew Callioux, Captain of the First Louisiana Native Guards Regiment, Union Army, became a hero while leading his troops at the Battle of Port Hudson in 1863. Callioux was born a free man in New Orleans. A cigar maker with an elite clientele, Callioux was a Catholic creole of color that had

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The first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, is published in Englis

The first daily Black newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune, is published in English and French, 1864

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Mercer, Mabel Alice Wadham (1900-1984)

Mabel Mercer was one of the most important jazz cabaret singers of the 20th Century. Her personal singing style emphasizing interpretation, diction, lyrics, and projection over vocal proficiency influenced numerous leading singers including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat

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Tunis, Tunisia (9th century BCE- )

Tunis is the largest city and capital of Tunisia. The city, which is situated on a Mediterranean Sea Gulf at the Lake of Tunis, is divided into two sectors: the old, walled, Muslim city (the medina), and the modern European quarter. The old sector neighbors the ruins of ancient Carthage. The

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Negritude Movement

The literary movement, Negritude, was born out of the Paris intellectual environment of 1930s and 1940s. It is a product of black writers joining together through the French language to assert their cultural

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U.S. Marshal Luke Moore at Ole Miss, 1962

Many Americans are familiar with the now iconic images of James Meredith, the black student who desegregated the University of Mississippi in October 1962, surrounded by white U.S. marshals assigned to protect him and ensure that a U.S. Supreme Court desegregation order be enforced. Few of us are

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Central African Republic

Situated about 500 mi (805 km) north of the equator, the Central African Republic is a landlocked nation bordered by Cameroon, Chad, the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Congo. The Ubangi and the Shari are the largest of many

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Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the Gulf of Aden at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. It borders Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. The country, the size of Massachusetts, is mainly a stony desert, with scattered plateaus and

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1977

In 1993, the countrys first multiparty election resulted in the presidency of Ousmane Mahamane, who was then deposed in a Jan. 1996 coup. In July, the military leader of the coup, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, was declared president in a rigged election. Considered a corrupt and ineffectual

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(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”

Schoolteacher, dentist, physician, lawyer, graduate of the American Medical College in Philadelphia, member of the Massachusetts bar, proficient in Greek and Latin, Dr. John S. Rock was unequivocally one of the most distinguished African American leaders to emerge in the United States during the

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Armistice signed, ending World War I

Armistice signed, ending World War I. Official records listed 370,000 Black soldiers and 1400 Black commissioned officers. A little more than half of these soldiers served in the European Theater. Three Black regiments the 369th, 371st and 372nd received the Croix de Guerre for valor. The 369th was

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Nov

11

1918

Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy, distinguished French geographer, is born.

Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy, distinguished French geographer, is born.

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1755

Turner, Nat, 1800–1831, American slave, leader of the Southampton Insurrection (1831), b. Southampton co., Va. Deeply religious from childhood, Turner was a natural preacher and possessed some influence among local slaves. Apparently believing himself divinely appointed to lead fellow slaves to

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Norbert Rillieux, Inventor and Egyptologist, born

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Lomé, Togo (1880 -)

Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. Lomé was founded by the Ewe, an indigenous ethnic group, in 1880. Located on the southwestern Atlantic coast of Togo, Lomé has a long history of trade. In 2000, an estimated 900,000 people resided in

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1960

Moose, George E. (1944 - )

Ambassador George E. Moose’s career in international diplomacy resulted from his spending a college summer in the 1960s building a three-room schoolhouse in Tanzania. The high point of that career came in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan nominated him to be U.S. Ambassador to Benin and later

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