'Power Book III: Raising Kanan' announces season 2 premiere date

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'Power Book III: Raising Kanan' announces season 2 premiere date

After a successful first season, Power Book III: Raising Kanan has a season 2 premiere date and Starz has released

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Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. was the first African American Congressman elected from Queens, New York. Waldon was born in Lakeland, Florida on December 21, 1936. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York and after graduation in 1954 joined the United States Army. Discharged in 1959 Waldon

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The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945

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Hendrix, Jimi (1942-1970)

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(2004) Al Sharpton, “Speech Before the 2004 Democratic National Convention"

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(1808) Rev. Peter Williams, “An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade”

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(1837) Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man”

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Hillary, Barbara (1931- )

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Alexander, Roberta (1949- )

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Fort Pillow Massacre (1864)

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Taylor, John (1952- )

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Thomas, Harry K., Jr. (1956- )

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