Henry Highland Garnet

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Feb

11

1898

(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”

By 1921 the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was well on its way to becoming the largest predominately black organization in the world. Marcus Garvey, the UNIAs founder, however, already recognized W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP as its chief rival. In his closing night speech to the

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David Bryant Fulton: Black Polemicist and Author

In 1887, Fulton relocated to New York where he joined the Pullman Palace Car Company as a porter in

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Walton, Lester Aglar (1882-1965)

Lester Walton was a journalist, entertainment professional, and diplomat who promoted civil rights at home and abroad. Born Lester Aglar Walton on April 20, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri, his early life was spent as a journalist. At the age of 20 in 1902, when he was hired by the St. Louis Star to be

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Apr

20

1882

Blacks participated in a national political

Blacks participated in a national political convention for the first time at Liberty party convention in Buffalo. Samuel R. Ward led the convention in prayer; Henry Highland Garnet was a member of the nominating committee; and Charles R. Ray was one of the convention secretaries.

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Aug

30

1843

Africa: COVID-19 Has Not Taken a Break As Figures Show Large Increase in Africa Infections

"Most countries in the African region are still experiencing an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases, with some reporting cases in new geographic areas," he

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Africa: Compendium of New Research Celebrates African Solutions to National and Global Problems

A new major publication - the Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics - contains many important chapters that make the same point on a wide variety of

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How Colin Kaepernick's Critics Missed the Mark

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sparked controversy after he was spotted sitting as the national anthem played during a preseason game Aug. 26. Asked why he chose to sit during the “Star-Spangled Banner,” the athlete said the move was a political statement against

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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”

Hugh M. Browne, educator, Presbyterian minister, and college professor in Liberia, positioned himself between the advocates of industrial and higher education for African Americans. In the speech below he describes his educational philosophy and the forces and experiences that shaped

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Liberia: Health Officials Test for COVID-19

As Liberia's prepares for total lockdown in coming days, health authorities here have gone to test their specimens for the novel coronavirus, aimed at rallying the public to report for mass

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Events leading to

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Timeline of African-American history

Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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Loss of a Legend: Noted TSU Professor Dr. Thomas F. Freeman dies at 100

Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, a legend, educational icon, and sage to innumerable students at Texas Southern University, passed away on Saturday, June 6, following a brief illness at age

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Perry, Cynthia Shepard (1928- )

Cynthia Shepard Perry, a Republican and 25 year career diplomat, has served three Republican presidents. President Ronald Reagan appointed her as Chief of Education and Human Resources of the U.S. Agency for International Development where she served from 1982 to 1986, and named her Ambassador to

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Mar

21

1999

Media Watch: Kenya to consolidate spike in tech use during COVID-19

Ethiopia restores internet to western Oromia after 3-month blackout

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President Joseph Jenkins Roberts

President Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a native of Virginia, declared Liberia an independent republic.

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Jul

26

1847

Augustus Washington: One of History's Few Known African American Daguerreotypists

Augustus Washington became one of the only historically documented African American daguerreotypists using the first commercial photographic process, invented in 1839, to develop pictures on a silver surface sensitized with iodine exposed to mercury

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The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans l

The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans and fugitive slaves.

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Jan

6

1820

First Baptist Church [St. Louis, Missouri] (1817- )

First Baptist Church in St. Louis, founded as First African Baptist Church, is the oldest continuously operating black church in Missouri. The precursor to the church was founded by John Peck and James Welch, two white Baptist missionaries sent west in 1817 by the Baptist Triennial Missionary

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Liberia: A Call Coming a Bit Too Late - COVID-19 Voluntary Testing Should Have Started Started With the President, Long Ago

On Sunday, May 17, the Minister of Health, Dr. Wilhemina Jallah flunked by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh, followed by the WHO Representative to Liberia Peter Clement, Dr. Desmond William head of US Center for Disease Control (CDC) in West Africa and Liberia and USAID Resident

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Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves a U.S.$50 Million Disbursement to Liberia to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic opens a balance of payment need of US$150 million (5.1 percent of GDP) in 2020, which largely arises from a domestic revenue shortfall projected at US$119

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Africa: I Can't Breathe! I Can't Breathe! Any Lessons Learnt From America?

One clear message which such action has amplified is that when people are tired and fed up, they are tired and no amount of threats of the use of force or the use of force itself can stop

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Fleetwood, Christian Abraham (1840-1914)

Christian Fleetwood, soldier, choir master, clerk, and abolitionist, was born free in Baltimore, Maryland to Charles Fleetwood and Anna Marie Fleetwood on July 21, 1840. At an early age Christian Fleetwood showed signs of intelligence and quickly endeared himself to the wealthy sugar merchant John

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Libya

Libya | FactMonster

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Coronavirus in Africa: 158,030 cases; 4,505 deaths; 67,491 recoveries

There are now more than over 150,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Africa: Mass Support From Music Stars As AU, Afrima Fight Pandemic

The commemoration of the 2020 Africa Day organised by the African Union, AU in partnership with All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA held on Monday, May 25 as a virtual live Solidarity Concert for the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund drawing participation and performances from diverse African music

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Henry Highland Garnet Dies

Black rights activist Henry Highland Garnet dies, soon after being appointed the U.S. ambassador to Liberia.

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Feb

12

1882

Geography of the Countries of Africa

The continent of Africa is the worlds second-largest based on land area and population just after Asia. It has a population of around one billion people (as of 2009) and covers 20.4% of the Earths land area. Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to

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Black Nova Scotians

Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors fled the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, and later settled in Nova Scotia, Canada during the 18th and early 19th centuries.[5] As of the 2011 Census of Canada, 20,790 black people live in Nova Scotia,[2] most in Halifax, though

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Africa virus stats: 371,611 cases; 9,485 deaths; 178,524 recoveries

There are now more than over 350,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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