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Hall Johnson: Violinist, Composer & Musical Director in New York and Hollywood
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20
1743
Two Families, Two Destinies: A Personal Perspective on the Rwandan Genocide of 1994
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Fela Kuti
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2
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Spruce Street Baptist Church (1835- )
Spruce Street Baptist Church is one of the oldest black churches in Nashville, Tennessee. It is also one of three churches to evolve out of Nashville’s First Colored Baptist Church (1865-1891).  In 1835 First Colored Baptist Church (FCBC) began with separate prayer services for the black members of
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In December 2010, a college graduate who worked as a street vendor set himself on fire in the city of Sidi Bouzid to protest unemployment, corruption and the continued police state. A spate of other protests followed and spread throughout the country. As many as 10,000 people took to the streets of
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Kazah Temple hosted Opa-Locka distribution
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 18: "New York Draft Riot"
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St. Augustine’s University (1867- )
St. Augustine’s University is a private, four-year coeducational liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. St. Augustine’s was founded in 1867, making it one of the oldest historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the United
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Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (c. 1830- )
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Kingston, Jamaica (1692-- )
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Navy Seaman Alphonse Girandy wins Medal of Honor
U.S. Navy Seaman Alphonse Gerandy, serving on the US Petrel, risked his own life to safe crewmen during a fire. His Medal of Horor was presented in 1902.
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Castries, St. Lucia (1650 - )
Castries, capital of St. Lucia, is also the largest city on the island.  The latest estimates show its population as about 20,000.  St. Lucia with a total population of 163,362 (July 2014 est.) is part of the Windward Islands chain which forms the boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the
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1979
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Brazil
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Brown, Odessa (1920-1969)
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