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Influential Puerto Rican Activist Group the Young Lords
In late July 1969, the group staged their first action in an effort to force the City of New York to increase garbage pick-up in East
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Demerara Rebellion of 1823
The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. The rebellion took place on August 18, 1823, and lasted two days. No particular incident sparked the
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Abele, Julian F. (1881-1950)
The legacy of architect Julian Francis Abele was brought into focus in the mid-1980s when in the midst of a student protest at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, his great grandniece reminded the campus community that her long unsung ancestor was responsible for the eleven original
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1881
Harry Belafonte Day-O ( Banana Boat )
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Zimbabwe: Relief in Maphisa As Electricity Is Restored After 10-Month Blackout
This was after the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) had reported the theft of 42 spans (seven kilometres) of copper cables, plunging residents into nearly a year of total
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Africa: Risks of Delaying Africa's Free Trade Deal
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), launched in 2018, was supposed to be an exciting example of multilateral cooperation against a growing tide of nationalism and protectionist
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Gunmen kill 28 in back-to-back attacks in Nigeria – Free Press of Jacksonville
Members of the Fulani tribe have targeted and killed 28 Christian villagers in north-central Nigeria as attacks in the region continue to
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Aksum - African Iron Age Kingdom on the Horn of Africa
Aksum (also spelled Axum or Aksoum) is the name of a powerful urban Iron Age Kingdom in Ethiopia, that flourished between the first century BC and the 7th/8th centuries AD. The Aksum kingdom is sometimes known as the Axumite
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Southern African Independence Explained By Country
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My attention was drawn to a news release supposedly issued by Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson last Tuesday regarding the robbery of care packages in Enfield, St Mary, last
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(1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Definitions of Black Power”
On July 31, 1966, Stokely Carmichael, the newly appointed Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), describes black power to a mostly African American audience at Cobo Auditorium in Detroit.  Part of the address appears
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1966
Dire conditions at the Diamond Hospital isolation facility
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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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1955
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Haiti
National name: République dHaïti
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Igbo Ukwu (Nigeria) - West African Burial and Shrine
Igbo Ukwu is an African Iron Age archaeological site located near the modern town of Onitsha, in the forest zone of southeastern Nigeria. Although it is unclear what kind of a site it is—settlement, residence, or burial—we know that the the Igbo Ukwu was used during the late 10th century
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Cuba
National name: República de Cuba
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Mandela Highway infrastructure works to result in water disruptions for communities
Sections of the Corporate Area and St Catherine are to experience water disruptions as major infrastructure works are to be undertaken on the recently upgraded Mandela
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Zimbabwe
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Mali
National name: République de Mali
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Eleven Years in the U.S. Navy: The Strange Saga of Robert Shorter
In the account below historian Lorraine McConaghy uses the story of black sailor Robert Shorter to indicate that while the Civil War freed nearly four million slaves, it also set in motion the status decline of antebellum African American
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Planting as therapy
The satisfaction of this sister reminded me of my then 11-year-old (he is now 12) who had purchased a gooseberry plant on a field trip and planted it in the
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Treasury allocates Sh20m for plastics war
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(2009) President Barack Obama Inaugural Address
On January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama, became the 44th President of the United States.  His inaugural address appears
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Black History Month - African American Inventors
Patent absrtact - A smoke detector that comprises three different power sources. First one is the 110/220 volt AC house current, through a step down transformer or that can be hard wired into the home or factory. Second one is a moveable 9 volts rechargeable backup battery. Third one is a solar
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Africa: 'Coronavirus - Malnutrition Could Be Deepened in Africa'
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Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders
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