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(1966) Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address"
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1966
Kenya: Treasury CS Ndung'u Warns of Tough Measures to Curb Rising Living Costs
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(1879) John Mercer Langston, “The Exodus: The Causes Which Led The Colored People of the South to Leave Their Homes – The Lesson
? In 1879 an unanticipated migration of nearly seven thousand African Americans from Mississippi and Louisiana to Kansas prompted a debate among national black leaders.  Frederick Douglass thought it unwise that black women and men would leave the South.  John Mercer Langston disagreed.  As in this
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Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
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Barclay, Paris K.C. (1956- )
Paris K.C. Barclay is an award-winning American television director, producer, and LGBT rights activist.  In 2013, he broke new ground when he was named President of the Directors Guild of America, making him the first out gay male and the first African American to hold the
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Standard Bank customer wins K10m in Switch Your Salary and Win promo - Malawi News Network
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Paris Exposition
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Bassett, Ebenezer D. (1833-1908)
Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat.  For eight years, the educator, abolitionist, and black rights activist oversaw bilateral relations through bloody civil warfare and coups détat on the island of
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Trans model Munroe Bergdorf re-hired after being fired 3 yrs ago for speaking against racism
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Kimora Lee Simmons
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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
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(1898) Alexander Crummell, “The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect,”
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