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Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)
Idi Amin was the Ugandan military dictator and President from 1971 to 1979.  During his reign Amin’s military forces are estimated to have killed 500,000 people and exiled roughly 70,000 non-Ugandan nationals (mostly Indians) from
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Virginia constitutional convention
Virginia constitutional convention (twenty-five Blacks, eighty whites) met in Richmond. Because of Political and legal complications, the Virginia constitution was not adopted until July 6, 1869.
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6
1869
William Frank Powell
William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti.
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17
1897
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Leslie M. Alexander (1948- )
Ambassador Leslie M. Alexander was a Career Foreign Service Officer. He was appointed by President William J. Clinton to serve as U.S. Ambassador to three nations: Mauritius and the Comoros where he served from 1993 to 1996, Ecuador where he served from 1996 to 1999, and Haiti where he served from
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9
1948
Burundi
National name: Republika yu Burundi
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Congress at it again
Congress readmitted state of Arkansas on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.
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Jun
22
1868
Senegal
When the economy continued to stagnate, and with it Senghors popularity, he resigned after 20 years at the helm in favor of his protégé, Abdou Diouf. Diouf, who led the country for the next 20 years, initiated further economic and political liberalization, including the sale of government companies
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John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Car
John James Audubon born in Haiti to an African Caribbean mother and a French father.
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1785
Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti (1749 - )
Port-au-Prince is the capital, largest city, commercial center, and chief port of the Republic of Haiti. Some 90% of Haiti’s investments and jobs are found in Port-au-Prince. Estimated to be about 1.2 million inhabitants (and nearly three million inhabitants in the metropolitan area), the city
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Structured Academic Debate: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois
The speeches, writings and accomplishments of Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois encapsulated two very different approaches to racial advancement, race relations and education.  Within their arguments are controversies that continue today: Economic Prosperity vs. Political Rights, Vocational
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St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church [Huntsville] (1808- )
Instituted in 1808 by enslaved blacks, St. Bartley PrimitiveBaptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama, exemplifies 206 years of blackreligious independence.  It was located originallyoutside the city limits of Huntsville near present day Governors Driveand Madison Street, among the
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the
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Senator Edward Brooke named temporary chairman of
Senator Edward Brooke named temporary chairman of Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida.
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1968
Duncan, Todd (1903-1998)
Born Robert Todd Duncan in Danville, Kentucky in 1903, Todd Duncan was the first African American to perform in an otherwise all-white cast in the New York City Opera’s production of
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1998
Cameroon
Parliament amended Cameroons constitution in April 2008 to allow President Biya to run for a third seven-year term in 2011. He won the 2011 election in a landslide, taking 78% of the vote. His opponents and international observers alleged the election was unfair.
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(1862) John S. Rock, “A Deep and Cruel Prejudice”
New Jersey-born John Sweat Rock was one of the first African American dentists in the United States.  He was also a medical doctor and in 1861, after studying law, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1861.  On January 23, 1862, Rock addressed the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in
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South africa
South Africans Supreme Court reinstated corruption charges against Zuma in January 2009, saying that a lower court had overstepped its authority in dismissing the charges. However, the countrys prosecuting authority dropped all charges against Zuma in April, about two weeks before national
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(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”
By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans.  In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the
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4
1776
Trinidad and tobago
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(1867) The Reconstruction Acts
Chap. CLIII - An Act to provide for the more efficient Government of the Rebel States [Passed over President Johnsons veto March
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Nile
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Haiti
The beleaguered country was dealt a catastrophic blow in January 2010 when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the countrys capital. It was regions worst earthquake in 200 years. The quake leveled many sections of the city, destroying government
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Riot, Miami, Florida
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8
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Alabama A&M University [Normal] (1875-- )
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (Alabama A & M) University is a historically black university located in the city of Normal, Alabama.  The school began in 1875 when Alabama officials used the Morrill Act of 1862 allowing state governments to establish colleges for African American
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2009
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(1837) William Whipper, “Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression”
? Few Americans are aware of the deep roots of peace activism in the African American community. Benjamin Banneker, the 18th Century mathematician and astronomer, recommended that a “Secretary of Peace” be added to the President’s cabinet whose chief function would be to craft measu
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2016
Zambia
Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is about one-tenth larger than Texas. It is surrounded by Angola, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. The country is mostly a plateau that rises to 8,000 ft (2,434 m) in the
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