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1958
Baquet, Charles R., III (1941- )
Ambassador Charles R. Baquet III was born December 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He attended public schools in the city and in 1963 he earned his B.A. in history from Xavier University in New Orleans. In 1975, he earned his M.A. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Government
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Mar
25
1991
Askia Muhammad Toure
Askia Muhammad Touré (1493-1528), established the Askia dynasty of
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Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.
Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights
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1969
Touissant L'Ouverture, born
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May
20
1743
Sharpesville Massacre
Sharpesville Massacre in apartheid South Africa in which white police killed 67 Blacks and wounded 186.
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Mar
21
1960
Ghana
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Black Ambassador to South Africa
On this date, President Ronald Reagan appointed Edward J. Perkins ambassador to South Africa.
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2
1986
Flo-Jo dies
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1998
A.J. Hayne killed
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15
1869
Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter
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1984
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1919
Ghana became an independent state
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Mar
6
1957
Namibia gains independence
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Mar
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1990
Usain Bolt
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Estes, Simon (1938- )
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Jesse Owens
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Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) (1990- )
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1805
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Jan
4
1935
Fenwick H. Watkins
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1941
Jim Beckwourth, Afro-American Pioneer
on this day Jim Beckwourth discovered a path through the Sierra Nevada Mountains that now bear his name. Beckwourth Pass on U.S. Alt 40 between Reno, Nevada and Sacramento, California made overland travel to the gold fields of California possible.
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1844
US Champion
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African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had alread
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