Why I Can't Imagine A Kanye West Presidency In My Lifetime - Blavity

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Why I Can't Imagine A Kanye West Presidency In My Lifetime - Blavity

It’s not that I don’t care about politics but I like to dedicate my time and energy towards worthwhile causes and Kanye West’s desire to be the coon-in-chief of the free world doesn't fit the bill.

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1841

First Slave revolt in America

The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years

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0

1526

France abolishes slavery.

France abolishes slavery. The nation will have a lukewarm commitment to abolition and will, under Napoleon, reestablish slavery in 1802 along with the reinstitution of the Code noir, prohibiting blacks, mulattoes and other people of color from entering French colonial territory or intermarrying

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4

1794

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassinated

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (46), thirty-fifth president of the United States, assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

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22

1963

New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.

New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institution of slavery.

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Jan

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1664

283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores

On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The

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Jul

18

1827

Michael Jackson, entertainer wins 8 Grammys

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28

1984

Barthelemy Boganda, President and foun

Barthelemy Boganda, President and founder of the Central African Republic, dies in a plane crash.

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Mar

29

1959

Race riot, Elaine, Phillips County, Arkansas

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1919

Amanda Berry Smith, born into slavery

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1837

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1852

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1778

Prince Hall Masonry founded

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1775

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1951

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19

1883

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6

1854

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1646

Secession From the Union

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4

1861

Bacon's Rebellion

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26

2002

President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Th

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Jul

2

1991

Congress helped Blacks in the military

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Jun

15

1864

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,

President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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5

1875

George H. White

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18

1852

Council of general officers decided to bar slaves

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8

1775

Harriet Tubman born

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1999

President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation

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Jan

1

1863

Slaves Petition for Freedom

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25

1773

Government: Ohio state.

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1967

Pan-African Congress Meeting

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19

1919

Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, politician, is elected President of Senegal.

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