Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in the Berlin Olympics, 1936

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National name: Ityopiya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik

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Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, is located in the horn of Africa and bordering the Red Sea. The major religion is Sunni Muslim and the official language is Somali although Arabic, Italian, and English are all spoken there. Mogadishu’s 2009 population estimate was 1.3 million

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Op-Ed: Kente Cloth On Capitol Hill — I literally Cannot

On Monday, led by House of Representative speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Congressional Democrats kneeled for a moment of silence but… wearing Kente

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Jesse Owens

Born: 9/12/1913 Oakville, AlabamaDied: 3/31/1980 Tucson, ArizonaJesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers and grandson of slaves, was the first person to win four gold medals in track and field in a modern Olympic Games. In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Owens won gold in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter

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Africa: Vultures, Doves and African Debt - Here's a Way Out

The legacy of these vulture funds complicates efforts to help African countries deal with their current debt

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Rwanda

National name: Repubulika yu Rwanda

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Historical Figures Reassessed Around Globe After Floyd Death

(AP) – The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists, conquerors and explorers around the world, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and

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Jesse Owens was born on this day.

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Sep

12

1913

Meet The Jewelers Who Are Bringing African Luxury To The Mainstream

Meet The Jewelers Who Are Bringing African Luxury To The Instagram

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On this day

On this day, while competing for Ohio State University (Columbus) in a Western Conference (Big Ten) track-and-field meet at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS equaled the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.4 s) and broke the world records for the 220-yard dash

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May

25

1935

Atlantic slave trade

revolt

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Arrest Made In Connection To Murder Investigation Of Two Georgia Sisters Found Under Bridge

Georgia law enforcement authorities made an arrest on Monday which may be linked to the tragic deaths of Truvenia Campbell, 31, and Vanita

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(1886) T. Thomas Fortune, “The Present Relations of Labor and Capitol”

In 1886, T. Thomas Fortune, born enslaved in Florida thirty years earlier, was already a newspaper owner and publisher in New York City and author of Black and White: Land, Labor and Politics in the Old South (1884), the first significant work to argue that class conflict rather than racial strife

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May

1

1886

Ghana coronavirus: 7,768 cases, infections hit Jubilee oil fields

Total confirmed cases = 7,768

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Uganda: Mafias Threatening My Life Over Illegal Mining Fight, Says Minister Opendi

State Minister for Minerals, Ms Sarah Opendi has told Parliament that she has received death threats from anonymous people who she described as mafias promoting illegal gold

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Maputo, Mozambique (1721- )

Maputo, (formerly known as “Delagoa Bay” and “Lourenco Marques”) is the largest city in the Republic of Mozambique and the country’s political and economic center. The city is located along the south Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique and has a population of 1.8 million. It

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Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 8°30′N 11°30′W / 8.500°N 11.500°W 15% others Sierra Leone (/s iː ˈ ɛər ə l iː ˈ oʊ n iː, -l iː ˈ oʊ n/ ( listen)),[6] officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north-east, Liberia to the south-east, and the Atlant

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John "Long John" Woodruff: First Black Gold Medalist in 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics

Woodruff was a 21-year-old college freshman, an unsophisticated and, at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), an ungainly

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“It time to stand up in George’s name” — Sharpton delivers eulogy for George Floyd memorial

Politicians, civil rights leaders and celebrities joined Floyd’s family, Thursday at a private memorial service in a sanctuary at North Central University in Minneapolis to honor his

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‘ATL Shawty’: Ciara Drops Pic That Has Fans Gushing Over Her ‘Bad Girl’ Looks

The Atlanta-raised singer looked hood rich and happy in her Jean-Michel Basquiat tee, booty-length twists, layered chains, gold teeth, and acrylics for days in the image that received over 390,000

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Rwanda: How Government Plans to Revive Mining Sector

Mining is one of the sectors that have been affected, with falling prices for different types of mineral commodities across different

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Leidesdorff, William Alexander (1810-1848)

Although little remembered today, Leidesdorff was a social, economic and political force in pre-gold rush San Francisco, California with a number of “firsts” credited to his name. When he was named the U.S. Vice Consul to Mexico in 1845, he became the nation’s first African American

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Albino Blacks Living in Tanzania Are Faced With a Constant Threat

These killings have been reported in about a dozen African countries, and Tanzania has the worst reports of Albino

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Man Kills Girlfriend and Her Two Daughters Because She Wanted To Leave Him

According to authorities, Jordan got angry that his one-time girlfriend, 37-year-old Shanta Renee Singleton, was leaving him for another

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Conakry, Guinea (1884- )

Conakry is the largest city and the capital of Guinea. Located on coastal islands and a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, it is also the nation’s chief port. In 2011 its population was estimated at approximately 1,786,000

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Bamako, Mali (11th Century-- )

Bamako, with a population of 1.8 million, is the largest city in the Republic of Mali. It serves as Mali’s seat of government and the country’s economic and cultural center. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Mali, along the banks of the Niger River. In the Bambara language Bamako

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Metcalfe, Ralph Harold (1910-1978)

Ralph Metcalfe, was an outstanding U.S. sprinter, track coach, and politican born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Chicago, Illinois. During Metcalfe’s years as a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1932 through 1934, he was arguably the world’s fastest human. His strong

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Edward R. S. Canby

...in which about 80 warriors and their families retreated to the California Lava Beds, a land of complex ravines and caves; there they mounted an effective resistance. After the murder of Brig. Gen. Edward Canby, who headed a peace commission in April 1873, U.S. troops prosecuted the war more

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Feb

21

1862

BET To Air Special Coverage Of George Floyd’s Houston Funeral Today

Floyd family lawyer asked on social media that people join him in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck until he lost consciousness, causing his

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