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(1897) Mary Church Terrell, “In Union There is Strength,”
Born in Memphis in 1863 and an activist until her death in 1954, Mary Eliza Church Terrell has been called a living link between the era of the Emancipation Proclamation and the modern civil rights movement.  Terrell was particularly active in the Washington, D.C. area.  From 1895 to 1911, for
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15
1897
Editorial Commentary: Trump Cheers on Governors, Ignores WH Guidelines | Afro
While individual states’ decisions to move more quickly than recommended under the White House guidelines are regularly discussed during coronavirus task force meetings, those decisions are not seen as defiant toward the Trump administration, the official
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Africa's persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO experts
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Cameroon: Govt Efforts On Bringing Back Trapped Citizens - Some 139 Cameroonians Return From Dubai
Within the framework of the operation to repatriate Cameroonians blocked abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, 139 of them got to the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport on Saturday, May 9, 2020 on board a special Ethiopian Airlines plane from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, information
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Brown, William Wells (1814?-1884)
William Wells Brown was an African American antislavery lecturer, groundbreaking novelist, playwright and historian.  He is widely considered to have been the first African American to publish works in several major literary genres. Known for his continuous political activism especially in his
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Nigeria
Nigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea. Swamps
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was a multi-talented American jazz icon who was a singer, trumpeter, actor and comedian. He was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had an impoverished childhood; his father was a factory worker who abandoned the family when Armstrong was born and his mother often
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1971
Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904
In the article below Bruce Mouser, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, discusses his new book, For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics which describes his efforts to chronicle the
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Angola: New State of Emergency in Force
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As lockdown eases else where, people across Africa are taking it one day at a time as the pandemic continues to unfold across the
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Cuba
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(1997) Kweisi Mfume, “A Shining and Powerful Dream”
Kweisi Mfume, born Frizzel Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, represented that city in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1986 to 1996 and rose to become Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.  On February 15, 1996, he stepped down to become President of the National Association for the
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No new COVID-19 cases in Tunisia - Authorities
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Harriet Tubman Biography - Life and Accomplishments
Harriet Tubman (1821 - 1913)  led over 200 slaves to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Contemporaries called her Moses and General Tubman in praise of her bravery and leadership. Frederick Douglass lauded Tubmans courage by saying,  Excepting John Brown -- of sacred memory
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(1886) Lucy Parsons, “I am An Anarchist”
Lucy E. Parsons was a leading figure in American anarchism and the radical labor movement. Born a slave near Waco, Texas, she married Albert R. Parsons who had become a white radical Republican after serving first as a Confederate soldier. In 1873 Albert and Lucy to move to Chicago in 1873 where
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21
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The Creole Case (1841)
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Tucker Carlson, Journalist Zaid Jilani Think Focusing On One Group’s Suffering From Coronavirus Over Others Is Wrong
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Anna Julia Cooper
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1964
Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta
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Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America | Afro
On May 6, national Black civil rights leaders participated in a call with former Vice President Joe Biden, the democratic presidential nominee, a day after the release of Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black
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African Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Save Additional Lives From Malaria in the Face of COVID-19
In response to mounting concerns around the impact of COVID-19 on malaria elimination efforts across the African continent, the African members of the End Malaria Council have released a joint statement and a four-pronged action plan calling on African and global leaders to act quickly to: protect
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