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Fugitive Slave Act (1793)
Chap. VII.—An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their
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Michael Jordan’s Signature 1985 Nike Air Jordans Auctioned for a Record-Breaking $560,000
Michael Jordan’s Signature 1985 Nike Air Jordans Auctioned for a Record-Breaking
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Malawi: Chakwera Leads in Malawi Opinion Polls - MCP Says Not Taking Anything for Granted
With a month left until fresh presidential elections, opinion polls by Afrobaromete suggest that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera would win the ballot, but MCP has said it will not be
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Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla khōl-ēhlä´hlä mändā´lä [key], 1918–2013, South African statesman. He earned a degree (B.A., 1943) after being expelled from the University College of Fort Hare (for taking part in a student protest) and finishing his studies with the Univ. of South Africa, studied
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Nigerians Stranded in Thailand to Pay Nearly N300,000 'Quarantine Fees' Each
The federal government has directed the Nigerian Mission in Thailand not to evacuate any stranded individual who fails to pay for his accommodation and feeding charges ahead of
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Uganda: Museveni Rejects Move to Split NSSF
President Museveni has rejected a proposal to split oversight over the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), saying it should be placed wholly under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
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Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers-Williams was the first woman chair of the NAACP (1995-98)… Evers was interred at Arlington Military Cemetery… In Beckwith’s first two trials, the juries were all white; in his last trial, the jury had eight blacks and four whites… For Us, The Livingwas adapted by Ossie Davis and made
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Nelson Mandela arrested
Nelson Mandela was arrested near Howick, South Africa, and charged with incitement; he received a five-year sentence later in the year.
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Aug
5
1962
Burundi: An Essential Primer On Burundi's Elections
With popular frustrations running high, and opposition leader Agathon Rwasa warning that he will not accept a "stolen" election, fears are mounting that a contested poll could lead to violence along the lines of what the country saw in 2015, when Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term
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Liberia: State Drops Charges Against Charles Sirleaf, Others
The dropping of charges against four of the five former officials of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) that include Deputy Governor for Operations, Charles E. Sirleaf, for their individual roles in the alleged missing L$2.6 billion and subsequent plan by state prosecutors to arrest members of the
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Busta Rhymes
Name at birth: Trevor Tahiem
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Rwanda: Youtuber Detained Over Fraud, Impersonation
Dieudonné Niyonsenga, the owner of popular YouTube channel Ishema TV was on Thursday denied bail by the Kagarama court in Kigali and remanded to 30-day
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Huey P. Newton
Huey Percy Newton was an African American leader and co-founder of the Black Panther Party. He was the youngest of seven children born to Armelia Johnson and Walter Newton on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana and named after the former Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. His family was not very
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Aug
22
1989
Olympic Gold Medalist Ashton Eaton Champions Nike’s Commitment to Preparing Students for Future Success
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South Africa: Four Suspects Appeared in Court for Double Murder
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Angola: Oil Ministry to Announce Public Tender Winners
Luanda — The Ministry of Oil, Geology and Mining is announcing Friday in Luanda the winners of the public tender for mining
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Lee, Herbert (1912–1961)
Herbert Lee was a voting rights activist and martyr of the Mississippi civil rights movement. Lee was born on January 1, 1912, to Albert Lee, a farmer, and Elvira Turner Lee in Liberty, Mississippi. Although he possessed little formal education, his wife, Prince Melson Lee of
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Uganda: Sweden Gives Shs17b to Boost Research At Makerere
Sweden has extended more funding to Makerere University to facilitate research for two years following the
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Kenya: Baringo's Readiness to Fight COVID-19 Put Under Scrutiny
As the pandemic enters the third month and the virus spreads to 22 counties, Baringo has only two isolation units -- at Kaptimbor Dispensary and Eldama Ravine Hospital -- with a paltry 17
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The Fly Jock: Black Twitter Gives Strong Salute To The Legend Tom Joyner
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Anderson, Lucy Hicks [Tobias Lawson] (1886-1954)
Lucy Hicks Anderson lived as a woman in Oxnard, California, from 1920 until 1945, when it was discovered that she was biologically male. Today she might be described as a transgender person, but that term did not exist during her lifetime. Although she did not refer to herself as a transgendered
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(1871) Congressman Robert C. DeLarge, “Speech on the Enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment”
Robert Carlos DeLarge served as a Republican member of the U.S. Congress less than a full term. He was elected in 1870 and began his term on March 4, 1871. However he left Congress on January 24, 1873 within two months of the completion of his term when the seat was declared vacant as the result of
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Marcus Garvey sentenced to five years in prison
Marcus Garvey sentenced to five years in prison after his conviction on charges of using the mail to defraud. Garvey said the charges were political.
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Jun
21
1923
Kakuzi parent company faces claims in UK for Africa abuses
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Jackson, Michael Joseph
Jackson, Michael Joseph, 1958–2009, American performer, b. Gary, Ind. Jackson was an extremely successful pop singer, superb dancer, and talented composer who often conveyed an androgynous image and ambiguous sexuality. Offstage, he became known for various alleged eccentricities, for his sharp
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Kenya
In January 2012, four well-known Kenyans were ordered to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The four men were charged with crimes against humanity for their roles in the violence that erupted after the disputed 2007 elections. More than 300,000 people were forced to leave
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Slavery
Two Massachusetts slave merchants raid an African village, killing 100 persons; two blacks are brought to Massachusetts and sold; a local magistrate indicts the merchants for murder and man-stealing and orders that the slaves be returned to their Guinea home.
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(1955) Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., "Speech on Civil Rights"
On February 2, 1955, New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell, then one of only three African Americans in the U.S. Congress, rose to argue that his colleagues should support two pending civil rights bills then before the House of Representatives.  His speech appears
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Feb
2
1955
Kenya woos importers with free storage at Naivasha ICD
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How Uhuru blindfolded and disarmed Ruto
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