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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
The following speech, a sermon Dr. Martin Luther King gave at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, was the last public appearance before his assassination the next day.  King, in Memphis to support a strike by garbage workers, gives a poignant vision of the victorious future of the
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Mercer, Mabel Alice Wadham (1900-1984) - Birthday
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(1918) Rev. Francis J. Grimke, “Victory for the Allies and the United States a Ground of Rejoicing, of Thanksgiving”
Francis J. Grimke was born a slave in Charleston, South Carolina on November 4, 1850.  After the war he and his older brother, Archibald, went north to Lincoln University.  Francis graduated from Lincoln in 1870.  After working briefly at Lincoln, Grimke attended Princeton Theological Seminary from
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South Africa: High Court Orders UPL to Prevent Another Toxic Chemical Water Spill in Durban
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Minister West: Financial compliance bill will help Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
MINISTER of Public Administration Allyson West said on Friday a new bill to expose the real owners of properties in line with European Union (EU) requirements can benefit TT such as by helping the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) to unearth taxable earnings hidden overseas. She spoke in the Senat
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The World's Anti-Slavery Convention
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South Africa: Twelve Suspects Arrested During Operation Vala Umgodi in Namakwa District
Press Release - The multi-disciplinary illicit mining operation "Vala Umgodi" by SAPS, SANDF and Department of Home Affairs, arrested 12 suspects for alleged illegal mining and trespassing in Kleinsee on Monday, 26 February 2024.
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Who Gets to Be an American? On the Evolution of US Citizenship
As we approach Election Day, just days before another potential government shutdown, we must reflect on how white supremacy has historically limited U.S. citizenship and threatened participation in our democracy.
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(1867) John Sella Martin, A Speech Before the Paris Antislavery Conference
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Uganda's refugees are 3.6% of its population | Africanews
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Kenya: Panic as Guests, Staff Attacked at Pinewood Beach Resort and Spa
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Rwanda: Which Gospel Stars Will Perform At Rwanda Shima Imana?
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Brathwaite to Bulawayo in Zim T10 - Barbados Today
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(1923) James Weldon Johnson, “Our Democracy and the Ballot”
Poet, novelist and U.S. diplomat, James Weldon Johnson is probably best known to millions as the author of the lyrics to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the black national anthem. Johnson was also a civil rights activist and was Executive Secretary of the National Association of Colored
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Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo
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Castel Malawi offers employees post devaluation bail-out package - Malawi News Network
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Standard Bank customer wins K10m in Switch Your Salary and Win promo - Malawi News Network
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(1966) Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address"
On June 7, 1966, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy became one of the first major American politicians to take a public stand against South African Apartheid when he delivered an address to the National Union of South African Students in New York City.  His address appears
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1966
Milei vs Imbert - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
WAYNE KUBLALSINGH A NEW Argentinian president will be sworn in on December 10. His name is Javier Milei. During his spectacular election campaign, he appeared on stage with a chainsaw, scribbled his signature on a banner-sized US dollar bill, tore off the name-tabs of government ministrie
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Venture capital is in the middle of a reset, but no one is changing | TechCabal
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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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