‘I need to close this chapter in my life’ - Widows of slain American missionaries bemoan lengthy road to trial

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‘I need to close this chapter in my life’ - Widows of slain American missionaries bemoan lengthy road to trial

When Teri Nichols’ cell phone lit up two weeks ago with a message from a police detective in Jamaica, she immediately thought “more bad news”. It’s been four years since her husband Harold and another American missionary, Randy Hentzel, were...

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On May 9, 1862 General Hunter of the Union Army issued a proclomation freeing the slaves of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. A displeased President Lincoln anulled this act. Lincoln stated, General Hunter is an honest man...He proclaimed all men free within certain states. I repudiated the

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african heritage in the caribbean

The game Warri is a board game belonging to an ancient family of pit and pebble games which originated in Africa.The game originated in the Sudan and spread to western Africa from which it travelled to the Caribbean in the 17th century. It is one of the most interesting examples of African heritage

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1999

The U.S. Supreme Court declared Joseph Cinquez and

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9

1999

COINTELPRO Memorandum

A memorandum sent to field offices of the FBI set goals for what was termed as a new counterintelligence program against African American Nationalist groups. The objective was to block attempts by targeted groups to coalesce, grow and exist. The agencey believed unity was the first step toward

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3

1968

Spingarn Medal: Damon J. Keith

Spingarn Medal awarded Damon J. Keith in tribute to his steadfast defense of constitutional principles as revealed in a series of memorable decisions he handed down as a United States District Court judge.

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Nov

5

1974

James Weldon Johnson was honored by NAACP

James Weldon Johnson was honored for his careers as an executive of the NAACP, a member of the United States Consul, editor, and poet by the NAACP in New York City.

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30

1926

Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia

Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia

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6

1989

George W. Buckner

George W. Buckner, a physician from Indiana, named minister to Liberia.

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10

1913

Carol Mosely Braun

Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois, becomes the 1st African American woman elected to the United States Senate.

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3

1992

Bob Marley, reggae legend dies

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23

1981

Korematsu v. United States

Korematsu v. US

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18

1944

Katherine Dunham, dancer/anthropologist born

Katherine Dunham

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22

1912

Muhammad Ali, (born Cassius Clay) stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the US Army during the Vietnam War(Clay v- United States). He is asked How can you be a pacifist opposed to the idea of

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28

1970

William Cooper Nell

was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be

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25

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U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of

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17

1954

Supreme Court decision

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7

1927

U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Weber v. Kaiser

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27

1979

Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.

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2

1895

The Baptist Foreign Mission

More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven states organized the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Rev. William H. McAlphine was elected president.

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24

1880

First African American Before US Supreme Court

John Sweat Rock (1825-1866), a noted Boston lawyer, became in 1865 the first African-American to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first Black person to speak before the U.S. House of Representatives.

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1865

Macon B. Allen, first African American admitted to the bar in Massachusetts ; the previous year he was admitted to the bar in Maine making him the first licensed African American attorney in the U.S.A.

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1845

On this day Henry Lewis becomes the first African American to lead a symphony orchestra in the United States.

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1968

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25

1951

First Black Appointed to a Sub-Cabinet Post

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1911

The Dred Scott decision.

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6

1857

Claimed Pres. Election

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7

1876

Supreme Court Rules on Busing

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1971

Court Decision in Favor of Segregation

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1955

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