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When Alan May moved to Dubai from the UK, he opted for the convenience and cost effectiveness of hotel living until he found his feet. Six months later, he remains at the Radisson Red Dubai Silicon Oasis with no urge to experience the formalities of leasing his own home. “The plan was for a circa […]

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Frederick Douglass gave his first anti-slavery speech on Nantucket Island in August 1841, a speech which propelled him into the anti-slavery cause. He soon found his way to Boston where he became a leader of the movement.

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The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican

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Throughout his career as a sociologist, historian, educator, and sociopolitical activist, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois argued for immediate racial equality for African-Americans. His emergence as an African-American leader paralleled the rise of Jim Crow laws of the South and the

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Feb

23

1868

Church Of God In Christ, Memphis (1907- )

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The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the

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Nov

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1988

Du Bois, W. E. B.

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James Weldon Johnson

Trained in music and other subjects by his mother, a schoolteacher, Johnson graduated from Atlanta University with A.B. (1894) and M.A. (1904) degrees and later studied at Columbia University. For several years he was principal of the black high school in Jacksonville, Fla. He read law at the same

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Lunceford, Jimmie M. (1902-1947)

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Leading Theologian

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1919

John Vorster , original name Balthazar Johannes Vorster; also known as B.J. Vorster (born Dec. 13, 1915, Jamestown, Union of South Africa—died Sept. 10, 1983, Cape Town), far right Nationalist politician who served as prime minister (1966–78) and president (1978–79) of South Africa. He was forced

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1979

Reginald H. Gilyard

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Henry Highland Garnet

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Jun

30

1881

Gerald S. Adolph

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Black leader of the Union League Lynched

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Feb

26

1870

Commissioner of Community Affairs

Julian Steele, a Boston Latin School and Harvard graduate, as the director of the Robert Gould Shaw House in the 1930s, was the leader in the expansion of social, recreational, and educational programs for the youth of the South End and lower Roxbury. From 1938-49 he directed the

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Elijah Muhammad - Birthday

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Oct

7

1897

Arthur H. Harper

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Tensions grew between the Wafd Party and the monarchy following independence, and in 1952, the army, led by Gen. Mohammed Naguib, seized power. Three days later, King Farouk abdicated in favor of his infant son. The monarchy was abolished and a republic proclaimed on June 18, 1953, with Naguib

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Jun

18

1953

Harris, Barbara C. (1930- ) - Birthday

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Jun

12

1930

Mirian M. Graddick-Weir

Mirian M. Graddick-Weir is Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Merck & Co., Inc., a leading global pharmaceutical company. In this role, Graddick-Weir has responsibility for all aspects of human resources for more than 86,000 employees

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Hubbard Jr., Walter (1924-2007)

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Bethune, Mary McLeod

Bethune, Mary McLeod bəthyo͞on´ [key], 1875–1955, American educator, b. Mayesville, S.C., grad. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1895. The 17th child of former slaves, she taught (1895–1903) in a series of southern mission schools before settling in Florida to found (1904) the Daytona Normal and

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South Africa, on the continents southern tip, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and east. Its neighbors are Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast. The kingdom of Lesotho forms an

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Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker, opens the St Luke Penny Savings Bank

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Nov

2

1903

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Dec

25

1807

Amílcar Lopes Cabral - Death

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20

1973

Kwame Nkrumah ousted in military coup

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Feb

24

1966

Amadou Toumani Touré - Birthday

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Nov

4

1948

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