Africa: Six African Documentaries You Must See

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Africa: Six African Documentaries You Must See

[African Arguments] These six films present varied snapshots of what it means to be African today.

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1517

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21

1883

Born: 8/17/1887 Saint Anns Bay, JamaicaDied: 6/10/1940 London, United KingdomMarcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro

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17

1956

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Dec

5

1946

Haile Selassie crowned as Emperor of Ethiopia

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2

1930

Death of Menelik II of Ethiopia

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Dec

13

1913

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Jan

4

1777

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1662

Booker T. Washington

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9

1971

Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland, members

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8

1989

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

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1820

First Black to acheive that rank in the US Army, Col Charles Young, dies in Lago

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1922

Born: 7/23/1892 Ejersa Goro, EthiopiaDied: 8/27/1975 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaTafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopias regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 and 5 November

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Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland,

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6

1989

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Mar

2

1896

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2004

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24

1825

The Abolition Society of Wilmington, DE conducts a school for black children.

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1801

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Otis F. Boykin was born on August 29, 1920 in Dallas, Texas. After graduating high school, he attended Fisk College in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated in 1941 and took a job as a laboratory assistant with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. He undertook various tasks but

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birth of John William "Blind" Boone

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