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In the following article, University of California at Los Angeles historian Gary B. Nash describes little-known Revolutionary War soldier who was attached by General George Washington to serve with Polish military engineer Tadeuz Kosciuszko. This account is part of a larger history of three
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Source: Black Past
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May
21
1848
Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
Desmond Power, a third generation British subject born in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China in 1923, was incarcerated along with 1,500 other foreign nationals in 1943 in Weihsien, a Japanese Prisoner of War camp in North China during World War II.  In the article below, Power recalls Earl Whaley and
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Source: Black Past
Aug
17
1945
Uganda: 69 in Isolation After Soldier's Wife Tests Positive for Coronavirus
At least 69 people in Magamaga Army Barracks in Jinja District have been quarantined after a wife of a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier tested positive for
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African American History in the West Bibliography Authors & Editors
Abajian, James de T. Blacks and Their Contributions to the American West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through 1970 Yes
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Africa: Why Africa Fared So Poorly in the 2010 World Cup
The South Africa-hosted Fifa World Cup was supposed to be the moment in which African football teams finally came
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Kenya: 17 in Mandera Discharged After Testing Negative for COVID-19
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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass
Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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The Gantt Report told you for decades that no Democratic candidate can win a rat race, a sack race or a political race without strong Black voter
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Black Panther Party Emerges
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale students at a California college create theBlack Panther Party for Self Defense.
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1966
Yatani on the spot over Sh8.1bn for projects
In its latest report — "Unpacking the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2020/2021" — released this month, the PBO notes that the Treasury has allocated money for a second time to projects that had been finalised and their completion certificates
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Kevin Durant Responds To Warriors GM Saying 2018 Championship “Wasn’t Joy”
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Mkhize: About 12 million people in SA may have contracted Covid-19 | News24
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Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)
Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas.  Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother.  The Cleavers moved to Phoenix, Arizona and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Cleaver spent much
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Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark , in full William Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927, Dallas, Texas), human rights lawyer and former U.S. attorney general under President Lyndon
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FILM REVIEW: Blue Story – Free Press of Jacksonville
With a great feel for modern times and hip-hop music, Rapman (aka Andrew Onwubolu) mixes a bit of Boyz N the Hood, with Menace II
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Sheriff: Photos of African Americans hung from tree meant to invoke dialogue
Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas says six photos of African American victims found hanging from a tree was a misguided attempt to start a community conversation about race.The photos were found last Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee's Riverside Park.The laminated photos included Breonna
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Delbert Orr Africa, MOVE 9 member, dies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA – The MOVE Organization announced the passing of Delbert Orr Africa, MOVE 9 member, on Monday, June
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Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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Black Panthers
Black Panthers, U.S. African-American militant party, founded (1966) in Oakland, Calif., by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Originally aimed at armed self-defense against the local police, the party grew to espouse violent revolution as the only means of achieving black liberation. The Black
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Evers orders Gay Pride flag to fly over Wisconsin Capitol
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Talk:Black nationalism
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Gale Sayers
Gale Sayers was born on May 30, 1943, in Kansas to a family whose only bread winner was an auto mechanic. In 1951, Sayers and his family moved to Omaha where he grew up to an athletic child and showed natural ability in a number of sports, especially American
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1943
Black Panther Leaders Killed
Two Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark - killed in Chicago police raid. Civil rights leaders said the two men were murdered in their
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PSL golden boot: All the past winners - 1997 to 2020
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House Leaders Demand Details on Small-Business Loan Program
As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has
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Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’ Voice and Viewpoint
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An Obama Academy student interviews her grandma about civil rights, Malcolm X and ‘being radical’
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