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Singer Roy Hamilton born
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16
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Harriet Tubman on the Twenty Dollar Bill
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Ethiopia probing critical human rights report - after rejection
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Nascimento, Beatriz (1942-1995)
Brazilian political activist Beatriz Nascimento was born on July 12, 1942, to Rubina Pereira do Nascimento and Francisco Xavier de Nascimento in Aracaju, capital of the Northeast Brazilian state of Sergipe. She migrated with her family, including ten brothers to Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s. At the
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1995
North Africa: France Confirms Death of North Africa's Al-Qaeda Head
French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly confirmed on Friday that France and its military partners had killed Abdelmalek Droukdal, the North African head of the terror
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Haiti’s football boss suspended by FIFA over sexual abuse claims
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Remarkable Lawyer and Dentist
In remarkable achievements in widely different fields, Hamilton S. Smith not only became the first African-American to receive a law degree from Boston University in 1879, but in 1889 he also received a doctor of dentistry from Howard University.
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Scott Hamilton
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1958
Africa: We Must Protect Women From Sexual Violence During Coronavirus Lockdown and Beyond
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1907 Civil rights activist and politician Grace Towns Hamilton was born inAt
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Coronavirus deaths surge in Brazil, Mexico as regional leaders look to reopen
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Tanner Chapel AME Church (1887- )
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2010
Disney to release 'Hamilton' performance in July on its streaming service
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Alexander, Lincoln MacCauley (1922-2012)
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2012
Making money while black: UK media's fascination with black soccer stars
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African American Attitudes About The Police Over Time
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