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On October 5, 1995, three months before her death, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan received the Sylvanus Thayer Award named in honor of Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808, who was the thirty-third graduate of the Academy and who nine years later became its fifth superintendent.  The award is
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1995
22-Year-Old Naomi Osaka Is The Highest-Paid Female Athlete In History – Free Press of Jacksonville
Naomi Osaka is now the highest-paid female athlete in 22, earned $37.4 million in the past 12 months from prize money and endorsements, which is $1.4 million more than Serena Williams
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Libya: UN-Backed Forces Seize Major Airbase
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AMHVoices: Zanu PF declares war on its citizens
For soldiers and the police to lead the exercise of taking an opposition party headquarters, giving it to another party, is the best exhibit that Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and others of the so-called MDC-T are real Zanu PF
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Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho , (born Jan. 31, 1910, Chinde, Mozambique—died June 18, 1968, São Paulo, Brazil), white Angolan novelist writing in Portuguese who depicted African life in the interior of the country and condemned the Portuguese colonial administration there. He is known as
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1968
Lawrence V. Jackson
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Boxing From Behind Bars: James Scott
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Cicely Tyson Quotes on Life, Acting and More
Cicely Tyson, a stage and film actress, is known for roles in such projects as Roots, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Sounder (which won her an Oscar nomination), Fried Green Tomatoes, The Help, King (in which she played Coretta Scott King), A Woman Called Moses (where she played Harriet
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Black clergy voices opposition to mall sale
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South Africa: Citizen 'Desperate' to Come Back Home After Being Quarantined On a Ship Since March
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Kenya: Activist Who Corrupted the Title of Book on Kenyatta's Speeches Freed on Bond
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Kenya: Union Suspends Movement of Trucks to Uganda
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President Trump visits Dallas, Snubs Top Officials | Dallas Weekly
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Detectives probe Sh37m fraud linked to Afya House
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested suspected impersonators said to have used offices in the Ministry of Health headquarters in Nairobi to fraudulently obtain goods worth Sh37 million from
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Spike Lee & Ray Allen Eyeing Zion Williamson For A “He Got Game” Sequel
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John Cheatham: One of Minneapolis’ First African-American Firefighters
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Governor Ron DeSantis: ‘All Professional Sports are Welcome’ in Florida – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Fredua Koranteng Adu, known to much of the world as Freddy Adu was born June 2, 1989 in the port city of Tema, Ghana. Growing up in Ghana, Freddy often received attention for his tremendous soccer skills as a youngster. Even at a young age he was asked by older kids and even adults to participate
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28
2007
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The African Insurance Company (1810-1813)
In 1810 The African Insurance Company was created with offices located at 159 Lombard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  It was the first African American-owned insurance company in the United States. The first president was Joseph Randolph while Cyrus Porter was treasurer and William Coleman
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1787
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1968
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Ricci v. DeStefano (2009)
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