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On May 26, 1992, career diplomat Kenton Wesley Keith was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S. ambassador to Qatar.  After U.S. Senate confirmation, Keith arrived in Ad-Dawhah (Doha), the capital of Qatar and presented his credentials on September 2, 1992.  He served until July
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Togo
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(1867) John Sella Martin, A Speech Before the Paris Antislavery Conference
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Braun, Carol Moseley (1947- )
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Massey, Walter E. (1938 - )
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Dymally, Mervyn (1923- )
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, an African American politician from Los Angeles, California who has served in the California Assembly, the State Senate and as a U.S. Congressman.  He is also the first African American Lt. Governor of California.  Dymally is now once again in the California
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From Finland to “Not in My Neighborhood”: Antero Pietila's Journey To and Through Racially Divided America
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Cooper, Jack Leroy (1888-1970)
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Mauritania
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Keyes, Alan L. (1950- )
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Abernathy, Ralph (1926-1990)
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Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas
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Rice, Condoleezza
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Perry, June Carter (1943- )
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Boateng, Paul Yaw (1951- )
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(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Public Address”
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