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African Iron Age - 1,000 Years of African Kingdoms
The African Iron Age is traditionally considered that period in Africa between the second century AD up to about 1000 AD when iron smelting was practiced. In Africa, unlike the Europe and Asia, the Iron Age is not prefaced by a Bronze or Copper Age, but rather all the metals were brought
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Technology will help Faith Memorial host vacation bible school
ST. PETERSBURG — Faith Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Robert A. Vinson, Jr., won’t let COVID-19 and social distancing stop them from hosting their annual vacation bible
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Thomas, Debi (1967- )
Debi Thomas is a figure skater and physician, and the first African American woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. Thomas was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1967 and first started skating around the age of five. However she did not get serious and begin taking lessons until she was nine
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Paris Exposition
African-American painter Henry O. Tanner was one of the 6,916 American exhibitors at the Paris Expoition which closed its gates on this day. Tanner won a silver medal for his entry.
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1900
Zambia
In 1972, Kaunda outlawed all opposition political parties. The world copper market collapsed in 1975. The Zambian economy was devastated—it had been the third-largest miner of copper in the world after the United States and Soviet Union. With a soaring debt and inflation rate in 1991, riots took
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Has the Fear of Failure Crippled You?
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Tunisia: Bundesliga - Esperance De Tunis Peeps Mohamed Drager
Tunisian international Mohamed Drager could rally the first league of Tunisia
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Gabon
National name: République Gabonaise
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In 1940, Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. She became
In 1940, Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. She became the first American woman to win 3 gold medals.
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23
1940
African American History and Women Timeline 1940-1949
During the 1940s and 1950s, many African Americans from the South migrated to the North to work in industry there, in what is called the Great
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Silver Bluff Baptist Church [South Carolina] (1773- )
The first black Baptist congregation in South Carolina was formed in 1773 on the Galphin Plantation near Silver Bluff, 14 miles northwest of  Savannah, Georgia.  The church was founded jointly by Rev. Wait Palmer, a white Connecticut minister, and African American pastor, George Liele.  The first
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Michael Jackson - Black Or White (Shortened Version)
Michael Jacksons Black Or White was the first of nine short films from 1991s Dangerous. Directed by John Landis, Black Or White features groundbreaking special effects and electrifying dance sequences. The original full-length short film premiered simultaneously in 28 countries for
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Usain Bolt And Kasi Bennett Welcome Baby Girl
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Pauline Hopkins, a Black high school student in Boston, won the first prize of 'ten dollars in gold,' offered by the Congregational Publishing Society of Boston in 1895 for her essay on the 'Evils of Intemperance and Their Remedies.' She went on to become a writer for theColored American
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Larry Aubry was never afraid to write ‘black’ commentary
I haven’t written my weekly column for five years, moving on to digital content and films, and running a think tank at Cal State Dominguez
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Mansu Musa
Mansa Musa I was considered the Mandingo Empire of Malis greatest king. Ruling an area at one time comparable in size to all of Western Europe, Mansa Musas empire was one of considerable wealth. Along with natural resources such as silver, gold, copper, and salt, it cultivated crops such as
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Alice Childress , (born Oct. 12, 1916, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died Aug. 14, 1994, New York, N.Y.), American playwright, novelist, and actress, known for realistic stories that posited the enduring optimism of black
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National name: République de Mali
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Silk Celebrates the Power of Plants with Venus Williams and DJ Khaled
Silk launches its new “Do Plants” Initiative, which celebrates the good things that can happen when people make plants part of their everyday
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Gwendolyn Brooks was an Illinois poet laureate who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1950. See profile: Gwendolyn Brooks
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1876
Nigeria: Dope - Nigeria's Paralympic Champion, Esther Onyema, Banned for Four Years
Nigeria's former Paralympic and Commonwealth Games champion, Esther Onyema, 38, has been banned four years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping rule
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Wyomia Tyus becomes the first person to win a gold medal in the 100 meter race i
Wyomia Tyus becomes the first person to win a gold medal in the 100 meter race in two consecutive Olympic games.
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Oct
15
1968
Davis, Shani (1982- )
Shani Davis became the first African American to win a gold medal an individual event in the Winter Olympics and the first African American male to win a gold when he competed in the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating championship in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in
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‘Sibling Love’: Fans Rave Over Ciara’s Children's Bond
Ciara‘s children Future Zahir Wilburn and Sienna Princess Wilson seem to exemplify the idea of brother-sister
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Zimbabwe: Masiyiwa Pledges to Coordinate COVID-19 Supplies
Top Zimbabwean businessman Dr Strive Masiyiwa has pledged to coordinate the procurement and distribution of Covid-19 supplies by the private sector to unblock the supply
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