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Fort Gadsen: Known as the “Negro Fort”
Fort Gadsen was known as the Negro fort, this citadel was built during the War of 1812 by the British and was meant as a tool to recruit runaway slaves and Seminoles to battle the Americans. Once the war concluded, the British abandoned the fort. Some black men left with the British as they were []
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Viola Davis Celebrates Birthday By Buying The Former Plantation Land Where She Was Born
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Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), founded in 1986 in New York City, is one of the oldest organizations working toward the welfare of black gay men in the United States. They began offering services for persons with AIDS toward the beginning of the US pandemic which started in
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Man dies after beaten while asleep in Lusignan prison - Stabroek News
A 40-year-old man died today at the Georgetown Hospital after he was beaten at the Lusignan Prison last night. The article Man dies after beaten while asleep in Lusignan prison appeared first on Stabroek News.
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NAACP founded
Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights
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12
1909
W.H. Harper Jr., dies at age 89
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Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris, the first African American U.S. Ambassador is named permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention. She will later be appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Housing and Urban development
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1972
Spingarn Medal: Coleman A. Young
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1981
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1999
Breaking Is Now An Official Olympic Sport
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Nicodemus, Kansas (1877- )
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African Heritage
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1999
Death of Emperor Haile Selassie
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1975
1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born inAt
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Mayor Eric Johnson's statement on a Dallas police officer's line-of-duty death | Dallas Weekly
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Gov’t seeking to acquire 50 patrol vehicles for police - President - Stabroek News
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Congresswoman Waters Hosts “Reclaiming My Time” PreElection Podcast w/ Special Guest Stacey Abrams
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1979
Albert W. Dent
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1953
(BPRW) Registration for ADCOLOR Everywhere Now Open – The Black Chronicle
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Nigeria
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Devon Ramnauth U19 T20 competition set to bowl off Saturday - Stabroek News
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1898
South American 10K to go ahead Sunday - Stabroek News
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Lil Wayne Is Confident Were Strong Enough to Beat COVID-19
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