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Rear Admiral in U.S. Navy
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The Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902)
From October 11, 1899 until May 31, 1902, the Second Boer War (also known as the South African War and the Anglo-Boer War) was fought in South Africa between the British and the Boers (Dutch settlers in southern Africa). The Boers had founded two independent South African republics (the Orange Free
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Savoy's 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors
Savoy Magazine, the leading African-American culture, business and lifestyle publication, announced their 2017 Power 300: Most Influential Black Corporate Directors. The fall issue of Savoy features an exclusive profile article covering General Colin Powell and an array of compelling articles
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Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
Pioneering African-American Aviators Featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas is a study of little known black women and men who participated in the first four decades of U.S. aviation history.  The book began originally in 2006 as a biography of Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a native of Little
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Bakili Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF) won the countrys first free election in May 1994, ending Bandas 30-year rule. In 1999, Muluzi was reelected. While Malawi was no longer the repressive society it was under Banda, Muluzis government was tainted by corruption scandals. Senior
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(1997) The Idea of an African Renaissance, Myth or Reality?
I come to you from a liberated South Africa, a nation that many of you helped to set free. I come from a continent about which more is written but less is understood; so I come with a message that is straight-forward and simple. Like the Apostle Paul on his return from the provinces, I come to
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Cuba
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(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”
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First Slave revolt in America
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Pinn, Robert Alexander (1843-1911) - Death
Pinn was the first African American Commander of Hart Post 134 of the Grand Army of the Republic and remained active in the GAR, until his death on January 1, 1911.
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Judge Damon J Keith Continuing the Crusade for Justice and Empowering Communities
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Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)
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Bolden Jr., Charles F. (1946-)
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Bernard Binlin Dadié
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Young, Johnny (1940- )
Ambassador Johnny Young was a career diplomat and the third African American to be appointed ambassador by three presidents. In 1989 President George H.W. Bush appointed Young Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone. Five years later President Bill Clinton named Young Ambassador to the Republic
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African-American History Timeline: 1950 to 1959
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Djibouti
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The Suez Crisis: Key in the Decolonization of Africa
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Banda, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu (c. 1896-1997)
HastingsBanda, the first president of Malawi, was initially presented to the Malawipeople by British Colonial officials as the best person who could lead them intoindependence. Later as the country’s self-declared “life president,” Banda transformedthis African democracy into
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Édouard Glissant
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Full Text of General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa
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Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention, 1972
THE BLACK AGENDA
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