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Marcus Garvey
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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George W. Buckner
George W. Buckner, a physician from Indiana, named minister to Liberia.
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10
1913
Africa: Compendium of New Research Celebrates African Solutions to National and Global Problems
A new major publication - the Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics - contains many important chapters that make the same point on a wide variety of
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Coronavirus in Africa: 103,875 cases; 3,184 deaths; 41,576 recoveries
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Africa: U.S. Must Skip a 2020 Human Rights Report in Wake of Protests Against George Floyd, Police Violence
IN CITIES ACROSS the world, global citizens have taken to the streets to protest in solidarity with the late George Floyd, slain at the hands of Minnesota police officers while he screamed
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Lakeside featuring Mark Wood Headlined the 2nd Annual Inglewood Music Festival - Observer News Group
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the Mayflower of Liberia
The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves.
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Feb
6
1820
Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.
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Jun
30
1881
Coronavirus in Africa: 259,111 cases; 7,016 deaths; 118,748 recoveries
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Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison is an American Physician and a former NASA Astronaut. Jemison is the first African American woman to travel in
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Oct
17
1956
(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”
By 1921 the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was well on its way to becoming the largest predominately black organization in the world.  Marcus Garvey, the UNIAs founder, however, already recognized W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP as its chief rival.  In his closing night speech to the
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William H Heard
William H. Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia.
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Feb
23
1895
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Former Chief Brian Williams Broke Barriers in Fire Service
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Bishop Alexander Walters: Religious Leader and Civil Rights Activist
Noted religious leader and civil rights activist Bishop Alexander Walters was instrumental in establishing the National Afro-American League and later, the Afro-American Council. Both organizations, despite being short-lived, served as predecessors to the National Association for the Advancement of
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois (/d uː ˈ b ɔɪ z/ doo-BOYZ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and
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Rwanda: New Platform Job Flex Seeks to Revolutionise Rwanda's Job Market
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Coronavirus in Africa: 88,264 cases; 2,832 deaths; 33,898 recoveries
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Spingarn Medal
Spingarn Medal awarded to Col. Charles Young, U.S. Army, for organizing the Liberian constabulary and establishing order on the frontiers of Liberia.
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1916
Racial discrimination
Racial discrimination refers to discrimination against individuals on the basis of their race. Policies of racial segregation may formalize it, but it is also often exerted without being
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Africa: 'I Cannot Breathe' - 60 Black Former U.S. Ambassadors Condemn Ongoing Injustice
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DIANE: THE MOTHER OF THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT - African Voice Newspaper
The untold story of her struggles, success and new sights of a modern global black icon Professor Chris Imafidon, a royal biographer reviews an extraordinary life and personal qualities behind a true fighter for equality, and concludes that Ms Diane Abbott - The Queen of black leaders was born out
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Garnet, Henry Highland
Garnet, Henry Highland gär´nĭt [key], 1815–82, American abolitionist clergyman, b. Kent co., Md. Born a slave, he escaped in 1824 and was educated at the Oneida Institute, Whitesboro, N.Y. He was an eloquent speaker, but his radicalism, particularly in a speech at Buffalo in 1843, in which he
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Police Brutality Film 'Illville’ Joins Tubi Amid Producer Brittany Chrishawn's Real-Life Encounter With Police - The New York Beacon
Nationwide — Production company, Moore Flicks, is thrilled to announce that the award-winning comedy drama Illville, written and directed by Ausar Moore, has joined the popular streaming service, Tubi. This impactful film, praised for its unfiltered depiction of systemic issues, now carries
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Africa: Global Leaders Discuss How Africa Can Achieve Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery
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