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Mapungubwe - African Iron Age Polity in South Africa
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The history of African Americans in the United States has been a paradox of incredible triumph in the face of tremendous human tragedy. This site serves as a portal to the vast and growing array of information on the Web and in other sources on the thirty seven million African Americans in the
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Mary A. Winston
Mary A. Winston was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. In this role, Winston played a vital role working with the Board of Directors, shareholders and other constituents during the acquisition of leading retailer Family Dollar by Dollar
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Bungalow Clothing, Co-founded by John Legend, Launches Online Styling Service for Women
Bungalow Clothing announced today the launch of an online, high-end personal styling service for women at www.BungalowClothing.com. The popular online shopping destination, co-founded by CEO Rob Wright, President Jonathan Snyder, VP of Merchandising Meital Bronstein and John Legend is transforming
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The Boston Saloon (1864-1875)
The Boston Saloon, which operated in Virginia City, Nevada, is the only black-owned Western saloon to be the subject of an archaeological excavation. During Virginia City’s heyday in the early 1870s, the town supported over one hundred saloons; however, the Boston Saloon is one of only four that
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Global African History
The history of Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora has been a paradox of incredible triumph in the face of tremendous human tragedy. This site serves as a portal to the vast and growing array of information on the Internet and in other sources on the more than one billion people of Africa
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Yaxxa Western Cape: One provider, multiple solutions
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Granville Woods
The magnitude of an inventors work can often be defined by the esteem in which he is held by fellow inventors. If this is the case, then Granville Woods was certainly a respected inventor as he was often referred to as the “Black Thomas
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African American History in the American West
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Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Official Video)
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Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio (1824 - )
Early 19th Century African American Methodists in Cincinnati, Ohio initially worshipped at the local Methodist Episcopal churches, but were treated in a discriminatory manner. In response to this treatment Rev. James King and Rev. Phillip Brodie, after contacting leaders of the new AME Church
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Walker, Alice, 1944–, African-American novelist and poet, b. Eatonon, Ga. The daughter of sharecroppers, she studied at Spelman College (1961–63) and Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1965). She brings her travel experience in Africa and memories of the American civil-rights movement to an
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Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church (1790- )
Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky has the oldest African American active congregation west of the Alleghany Mountains. Historic Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church was originally founded as part of First African Baptist Church in 1790 by
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Thandie Newton
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