FAKE GOLD SCAMMERS: 3 charged in Ksh.300 million gold scam

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FAKE GOLD SCAMMERS: 3 charged in Ksh.300 million gold scam

Fake Gold scammers- Three people have been charged with conspiracy to commit a felony. The three are accused of stealing over Ksh.300 million from Asianic Limited by falsely pretending that they were in a position to sell gold to the company. According to the charge sheet, Frank David Kateti, Alain Mwandia Nvita Lukusa and Daniel […]

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Stanfield, Sylvia Gaye (1943- )

Sylvia Stanfield, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, took up her post as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Brunei in November 1999. President William J. Clinton appointed Ambassador Stanfield to the

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9

1999

Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)

No. 02-516. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003

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(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”

On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent his civil right message to Congress urging it to pass a civil rights act. The message was immediately prompted by the action of Governor George Wallace of Alabama in physically blocking the entrance of two African American students whom a federal

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Jun

11

1963

Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies

Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies | FactMonster

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(2015) President Barack Obama's Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney

VIDEO OF SPEECH

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(1843) Henry Highland Garnet, "An Address To The Slaves Of The United States"

The National Negro Convention of 1843 was held in Buffalo, New York drawing some seventy delegates a dozen states. Among the delegates were young, rising leaders in the African American community including Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Charles B. Ray and Charles L. Remond. Twenty-seven

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Martha's Vineyard

Marthas Vineyard | FactMonster

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Woods, Tiger | FactMonster

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Foster, Abigail Kelley

Foster, Abigail Kelley | FactMonster

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Sharpless, Mattie R. (1943- )

On October 1, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Mattie R. Sharpless to be the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. After confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Sharpless was at her post in the nation’s capital at Bangui by mid-December 2001. Sharpless served in Bangui

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1

2001

Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies

Ancient History, Egypt: Biographies | FactMonster

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Prologue: Selected Articles | National Archives

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O’Leary, Hazel Rollins Reid (1937- )

The first and only woman to hold the position of U.S. Secretary of Energy, Hazel Rollins Reid was born May 17, 1937 in Newport News, Virginia. During this time of public school segregation, Reid’s parents, hoping for better schooling opportunities, sent their daughter to live with an aunt in New

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22

1993

(1879) Robert J. Harlan, “Migration is the Only Remedy for Our Wrongs”

Between 1879 and 1880, six thousand Exodusters left Louisiana and Mississippi for Kansas. Their migration, prompted by the end of racially-integrated Reconstruction governments, by anti-black violence and by sharecropping and tenant farming, brought national attention including a Congressional

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May

8

1879

Fields, Cleo (1962- )

Cleo Fields, politician, lawyer, and United States Representative from Louisianas Fourth Congressional District (1993-97), was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 22, 1962. At four years old, Fields lost his father, Isidore Fields, a dockworker, in a car crash. His mother, Alice

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Nov

22

1962

(1988) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “Keep Hope Alive.”

In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Jackson, however, gave another major address at the Democratic National Convention which met in Atlanta, Georgia. The address, delivered on

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(1955) Martin Luther King Jr., “The Montgomery Bus Boycott”

The Montgomery Bus Boycott speech reprinted below is one of the first major addresses of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King spoke to nearly 5,000 people at the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery on December 5, 1955, just four days after Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to relinquish

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Dec

5

1955

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired professional boxer who has a boxing record of 36 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. Leonard was the first ever boxer to win more than a hundred million dollars in purses, owing to his world titles in five separate weight divisions and high profile fights with Wilfred

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May

17

1956

Cuban History: Biographies

Cuban History: Biographies | FactMonster

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Caribs | FactMonster

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Angelou, Maya | FactMonster

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Senegal | FactMonster

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Born: 7/10/1943 Richmond, VirginiaDied: 2/6/1993 New York City, New YorkArthur Ashe was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States.Ashe was the first black player selected to the United States

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Rwanda, in east-central Africa, is surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. It is slightly smaller than Maryland. Steep mountains and deep valleys cover most of the country. Lake Kivu in the northwest, at an altitude of 4,829 ft (1,472 m), is the highest

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U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Ancient History, Africa: Biographies

Ancient History, Africa: Biographies | FactMonster

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White, George Henry (1852-1918)

George H. White served as a member of the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth United States Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901) from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District during what historian Rayford Logan has termed the nadir in race relations for the post-Reconstruction South. Born in

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(1964) Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet”

By March 1964, Malcolm X had broken with the Nation of Islam. In the speech below, given on April 3, 1964 in Cleveland, he explains his departure and his reason for establishing a separation between his religion and his politics. He also makes clear that those politics are still rooted in black

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3

1964

Mines, Janie L. (1958- )

Janie L. Mines, the first African American woman to graduate from the United States Naval Academy, was born in Aiken, South Carolina, in 1958. Her father, Reverend William L. Mines, was a Minister at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Aiken, South Carolina. Her mother was Daisy Sheppard

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Cuban History: Biographies

Cuban History: Biographies | FactMonster

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