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Obama, Barack, Jr. (1961- )
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to occupy the White House.  Obama was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was a Kenyan graduate student studying in the United States and his mother, Stanley Ann
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W.E.B. Du Bois died
W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in
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Aug
27
1963
Sullivan, Louis Wade (1933- )
After witnessing poverty and discrimination in Depression-era Georgia, Louis Wade Sullivan committed his career to education and public service, rising to become Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush.  He also was the founder and long-time president of Morehouse
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The TransPacific Struggle over Citizenship: Seeking Welfare Rights in Kawasaki City, Japan and Los Angeles, California,1962-1982
Historians rarely compare the mostly working-class and poor Korean population in Japan and African Americans seeking economic justice in the United States. Japanese scholar Kazuyo Tsuchiya of Kanagawa University takes on that task in her new book, Reinventing Citizenship: Black Los Angeles, Korean
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W.E.B. DuBois
Born: 2/23/868 Great Barrington, MassachusettsDied: 8/27/963 Accra, GhanaWilliam Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and
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1998
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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3
1957
(2008) Senator Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union"
Controversial remarks drawn from the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, an unpaid campaign advisor to Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, and his pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, emerged as a lingering issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.  On March
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2008
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Death of African Statesman/President
Death of Kwame Nkrumah (62) African statesman and first president of Ghana, in exile, in Conarky, Guinea.
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Apr
27
1961
Kofi Annan
Born: 4/8/1938 Kumasi, GhanaKofi Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for their work for a better organized and more
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First Martyr in Ghanian Independence
Sgt. Cornelius F. Adjetey becomes the first martyr for national independence of Ghana.
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1948
Gordone, Charles (1925- )
Charles Gordone was born Charles Edward Fleming on October 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Camille Fleming.  He took his stepfather’s surname of Gordon when his mother remarried when he was five years old.  The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana, his mother’s hometown, when Charles
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1995
(1837) William Whipper, “Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression”
? Few Americans are aware of the deep roots of peace activism in the African American community. Benjamin Banneker, the 18th Century mathematician and astronomer, recommended that a “Secretary of Peace” be added to the President’s cabinet whose chief function would be to craft measu
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Jamaica
The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican
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Jackson-Lee, Sheila (1950 - )
Sheila Jackson-Lee was born on January 12, 1950 in Queens, New York.   She graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens, New York in 1968.  She then graduated from Yale University in Connecticut with a B.A. in political science in 1972 followed in 1975 by a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law
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Jan
12
1950
(1976) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, “Who, Then, Will Speak for the Common Good?”
In 1972 Barbara Charline Jordan became the first black member of Congress elected from Texas. Two years later this freshman Representative became a national figure because of her prominent role as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment hearings of President Richard
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Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghana's 1st ambassador to the US
Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghanas 1st ambassador to the US
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Dec
13
1957
Elba, Idrissa Akuna “Idris” (1972– )
Idrissa Akuna “Idris” Elba is a British actor best known for his roles in The Wire and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in miniseries or Television Film which he won one and was nominated five times for a Primetime
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6
1972
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa tä´bō mvo͝oyĕl´ə mbĕk´ē [key], 1942–, South African political leader. Mbeki was born into a politically active family his father, Govan Mbeki, an official with the African National Congress (ANC), was imprisoned (1964) at Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela , released
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British ask for Ashanti Golden Stool
One inspiration of liberation can be seen in Queen Yaa Asantewa of the Ashanti. Ironically enough the Ashanti are included
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Mar
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1900
(1832) Maria W. Stewart Advocates Education for African American Women
In September 1832, Maria W. Stewart delivered at Boston’s Franklin Hall one of the first public lectures ever given by an American woman. Her speech, directed to the women of the African American Female Intelligence Society, called on black women to acquire equality through education. The speech
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Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas is a renowned personality, currently serving as a Conservative Associate Justice in the American Supreme Court. Born in Pin Point, Georgia on June 23, 1948, Thomas served as a law-abiding judicial nominee under the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. What
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Jarrett, Valerie (1956- )
Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, was born on November 14, 1956. She is a Chicago, Illinois attorney, businesswoman, and community leader most prominently known for her role as one of the three campaign co-chairs of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential
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Islam in Africa
Islam in Africa, the development of the Muslim religion on the African
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Adu, Freddy (1989-- )
Fredua Koranteng Adu, known to much of the world as Freddy Adu was born June 2, 1989 in the port city of Tema, Ghana. Growing up in Ghana, Freddy often received attention for his tremendous soccer skills as a youngster. Even at a young age he was asked by older kids and even adults to participate
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2007
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Aug
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1930
(1875) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “The Great Problem to be Solved”
After the Civil War Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked among African Americans as a representative of the Womens Christian Temperance Union. From her new position Harper publicized the violence and intimidation in the South directed at the freedpeople. She argued African Americans must organize to
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Apr
14
1875
(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Jr., in 1948 became the Presidential nominee of the Progressive Party.  Wallace ran a spirited campaign which unlike almost any before, took on the question of racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans in the South.  What follows is his
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13
1948
(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary
Nnamdi Azikiwe, by now the best know nationalist leader in Nigeria, addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 50th anniversary celebration at the Polo Grounds, New York City, July 19, 1959. His speech appears
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