I'm Ida B. Wells's Great-Granddaughter, and I'm Still Fighting Her Fight For the Vote

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I'm Ida B. Wells's Great-Granddaughter, and I'm Still Fighting Her Fight For the Vote

My great-grandmother Ida B. Wells was a suffragist. You probably have not heard her described this way before. She is most often honored for her…

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Brazeal, Aurelia Erskine (1943- )

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27% of black voters agree: African Americans that back Trump ‘ain’t black’: Poll

Turns out that likely Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden’s controversial assertion — which he has since walked back — that black voters who cast their ballot for President Trump “ain’t black” is spot on for more than a quarter of black

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(1919) William Pickens, “The Kind of Democracy the Negro Expects”

William Pickens was born in 1881, the year Tuskegee Institute was founded. By the time of Booker T. Washington’s death in 1915, Pickens at age 35 had already become a major spokesperson on the direction of black education in the United States. Born in South Carolina but educated in

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I Remember Madiba: Paul Suzman Eulogizes Nelson Mandela

In the wake of Nelson Mandela’s passing on December 5, 2013, tributes came forth from around the world and more than 100 heads of state attended his memorial service in South Africa. One such tribute, a eulogy to Madiba (his clan name), was paid at the Seattle Rotary Club meeting on December

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940),[2] was a proponent of Black nationalism in Jamaica and especially the United States. He was a leader of a mass movement called Pan-Africanism and he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

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"Ours is not going to be the politics of praise and favour; it will be politics of a service, inclusiveness and humanity," Dr Lina Zedriga Waru Abuku said after being unveiled as People Power deputy principal by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last

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While the Great War raged in Europe for three long years, America steadfastly clung to neutrality. It was not until April 2, 1917, that President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. The world, he said, must be made safe for democracy. Quickly, Americans swung into action to

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Jordan, Mosina H. (1943- )

In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November

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U.S. slaps sanctions on Nicaraguan army chief, finance minister

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today sought to further pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega by imposing another round of sanctions, this time targeting the country’s army chief and finance

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While Lesotho outgoing Prime Minister, Tom Thabane still ponders when exactly to vacate office, it will be imperative for incoming leader of the Mountain Kingdom, Prime Minister-designate Dr Moeketsi Majoro to prepare for office in

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Malawi: HRDC, Church and Society Heightens Pressure On Mutharika to Stop Attacking Judges

Church and Society Program of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia and firebrand Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have, separately, faulted President Peter Mutharika for his continued attacks on the judiciary, particularly targeting the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal for upholding the

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Malawi Supreme Court breaks rank with peers in Southern Africa

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F.W. de Klerk , in full Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936, Johannesburg, S.Af.), politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela

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Study: White American Bigots Want Authoritarian Rule Instead of a Democracy

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Liberia: CPP Finalizes Framework

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The Federal Republic of Nigeria /n aɪ ˈ dʒ ɪər i ə/ ( listen), commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It

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(1946) W.E. B. DuBois, “Behold the Land”

On October 20, 1946, seventy-eight year old W.E.B DuBois delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia South Carolina. Although this was one of his last major orations, he used the occasion to inspire his audience to continue the struggle for racial

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Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression

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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans;[9] [10] [11] on the north by the neighbouring

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Botswana coronavirus: govt prioritizes data amid stay away campaign

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GECOM needs to clear the air as often as necessary on the recount

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