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(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Jr., in 1948 became the Presidential nominee of the Progressive Party.  Wallace ran a spirited campaign which unlike almost any before, took on the question of racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans in the South.  What follows is his
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13
1948
(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”
By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans.  In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the
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4
1776
South africa
In 1991, a multiracial forum led by de Klerk and Mandela, the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), began working on a new constitution. In 1993, an interim constitution was passed, which dismantled apartheid and provided for a multiracial democracy with majority rule. The peaceful
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Barbados
Current government officials
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea. It has several high mountains, the highest of which is Ras Dashan at 15,158 ft (4,620 m). The Blue Nile, or Abbai, rises in the northwest and
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7
2013
Constitution of the Afric-American Female Intelligence Society of Boston (1832)
Preamble: Whereas the subscribers, women of color of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, actuated by a natural feeling for the welfare of our friends, have thought fit to associate for the diffusion of knowledge, the suppression of vice and immorality, and for cherishing such virtues as will render u
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7
1832
new democracy constitution in South Africa
Black and white leaders in South Africa approved the new democracy constitution that gave blacks the vote and ended white minority rule.
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18
1993
The Slaughter House Cases (1873)
? SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES.; THE BUTCHERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.; PAUL ESTEBEN, L. RUCH, J. P. ROUEDE, W. MAYLIE, S. FIRMBERG, B. BEAUBAY, WILLIAM FAGAN, J. D. BRODERICK, N. SEIBEL, M. LANNES, J. GITZINGER, J. P. A
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14
1873
Burkina Faso
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its neighbors are Côte dIvoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the
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(1837) William Whipper, “Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression”
? Few Americans are aware of the deep roots of peace activism in the African American community. Benjamin Banneker, the 18th Century mathematician and astronomer, recommended that a “Secretary of Peace” be added to the President’s cabinet whose chief function would be to craft measu
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9
2016
Botswana
President: Ian Khama
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Raymond A. Pearson v. Donald G. Murray (1936)
January 15, 1936, Decided
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1936
Algeria
Nearly four times the size of Texas and the largest country on the continent, Algeria is bordered on the west by Morocco and Western Sahara and on the east by Tunisia and Libya. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north, and to the south are Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. The Saharan region, which is
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United
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1946
Confederate Congress Meeting
Confederate Congress, meeting in Montgomery, Ala., adopted constitution which declared that the passage of any law denying or impairing the right of property in Negro slaves was prohibited.
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Gabon
National name: République Gabonaise
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Anti-Slavery Law in North Carolina
North Carolina amends constitution forbidding slavery.
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2
1865
St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsville] (1808- )
Instituted in 1808 by enslaved blacks, St. Bartley PrimitiveBaptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama, exemplifies 206 years of blackreligious independence.  It was located originallyoutside the city limits of Huntsville near present day Governors Driveand Madison Street, among the
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(1869) John Willis Menard, “Speech Before the United States House of Representatives”
John Willis Menard, (1838-1893) was the first African American elected to Congress when on November 3, 1868 he received the majority of votes to fill the unexpired term of Louisiana Second District Congressman James Mann. On the strength of the vote Menard went to Washington to be seated. However
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(1923) Bishop Randall Albert Carter, “Whence and Whither”
By the standards of African American history, Bishop Randall Albert Carter is a little known figure. Born in Fort Valley, Georgia on January 1, 1867, he was educated at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina and Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. An active pastor in the Colored (later
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles
In the article below independent historian Charlotte Hinger explores the concept of racial uplift, black electoral power and reparations for slavery in the ideals of three early citizens of Nicodemus, the most famous 19th Century black town in the
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Toomer, Jean (1894-1967)
Jean Toomer was born into an elite black family in Washington, D.C. in 1894. Abandoned by his father as a newborn and losing his mother to appendicitis as a teenager, Toomer spent his formative years in the home of his grandparents, P.B.S. and Nina Pinchback. P.B.S. Pinchback served as a state
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Guinea bissau
National name: Républica da Guiné-Bissau
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de Klerk, F. W.
de Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem de Klerk) frĕd´ərĭk vĭl´əm də klûrk´ [key], 1936–, South African statesman, president of South Africa (1989–94). Holding ministerial posts from 1978, he became (1989) acting president when P. W. Botha resigned. Recognizing that black resistance to the white power
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Uganda
Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda. The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas—swampy lowlands, a fertile plateau
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27
1985
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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Gabon
This West African country with the Atlantic as its western border is also bounded by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Congo. Its area is slightly less than Colorados. Most of the country is covered by a dense tropical
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(1849) Sarah C. Roberts v. The City of Boston
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Guinea-Bissau
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Bermuda
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