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The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans l
The first organized emigration to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans and fugitive slaves.
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Jan
6
1820
British ask for Ashanti Golden Stool
One inspiration of liberation can be seen in Queen Yaa Asantewa of the Ashanti. Ironically enough the Ashanti are included
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Mar
28
1900
Dixon, Julian (1934-2000)
Born in Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1934, Julian Dixon represented part of Los Angeles in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1960, Dixon attended California State University, Los Angeles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1962 and
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8
1934
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Early 20th Century Harlem Radicalism
In the article below independent historian Jeffrey Perry discusses his 2008 book on early 20th Century Harlem activist Hubert
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Oliver Tambo
Born: 10/27/1917 Bizana, South AfricaDied: 4/24/1993 Johannesburg, South AfricaOliver Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Hannibal Barca
Hannibal Barca, one of the greatest military leaders of all time was born in Carthage, which is located in todays Tunisia, a northern country in Africa.
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Ghana became an independent state
March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great
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Mar
6
1957
Grose, William (1835-1898)
Before the Civil War, when he was 18, William Grose left his home in Washington, D.C. and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Assigned to the USS Vincennes in 1853, he went to South Africa, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia and the Arctic during his tour of duty.  Grose, who was honorably discharged in San
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Zimbabwe
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Negritude Movement
The literary movement, Negritude, was born out of the Paris intellectual environment of 1930s and 1940s. It is a product of black writers joining together through the French language to assert their cultural
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Dawson, Horace G. (1926- )
Horace G. Dawson, Jr. was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Botswana by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.  After his confirmation by the U.S. Senate he served in that post until 1983.  Dawson was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 30, 1926.  He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he earned
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Jan
14
2004
Eritrea
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Spingarn Medal : Max Yergan
Spingarn Medal presented to YMCA secretary Max Yergan for his achievements as a missionary in South Africa, representing the gift of cooperation...American Negroes may send back to their Motherland.
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Mar
15
1933
James, Charles A. (1922- )
Ambassador Charles A. James was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended public schools.  After high school, James enrolled at Westchester State Teachers College in Pennsylvania (now Westchester University) where he studied for one year before
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Sep
16
1976
Kwame Nkrumah ousted in military coup
Elected leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, ousted in military coup while he is away on a peace mission to Vietnam.
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Feb
24
1966
Slavery
The U.S. Supreme Court declared Joseph Cinquez and
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Mar
9
1999
(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”
Schoolteacher, dentist, physician, lawyer, graduate of the American Medical College in Philadelphia, member of the Massachusetts bar, proficient in Greek and Latin, Dr. John S. Rock was unequivocally one of the most distinguished African American leaders to emerge in the United States during the
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Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghana's 1st ambassador to the US
Daniel A Chapman becomes Ghanas 1st ambassador to the US
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Dec
13
1957
Eric Dickerson
Born in a small town of Sealy, Texas, in 1960, Eric Dickerson was raised by his uncle and aunt after his mother decided not to marry his father at the young age of 17. Even though he did not grow up with his father, Dickerson inherited athletic abilities from the former running back of Prairie View
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Book of the Dead
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Burkina Faso
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its neighbors are Côte dIvoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the
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African National Congress
African National Congress (ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid , the organization began as a nonviolent civil-rights group. In the 1940s and 50s it joined with other groups in promoting strikes
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Guinea-Bissau
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Kigali City, Rwanda (1907-- )
Situated over several hills and valleys, Kigali is the capital city of Rwanda and is home to the main administrative and commercial centres of the nation as well as over one million
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1
1962
Nana Annor Adjaye Dies
Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W. Nzima, Ghana.
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Apr
10
1938
Ethiopia
National name: Ityopiya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
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Windhoek, Namibia (1840- )
Windhoek, also known by its more traditional names—|Ai||Gams (in the Khoekhoe language) and Otjiomuise or Otjoherero, all of which mean “place by streams”—is the capital and largest city of Namibia, as well as its cultural and economic center.  Though likely named for the mountain
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Baltimore, Richard Lewis, III (1947- )
Ambassador Richard Lewis Baltimore III was born on December 31, 1947 in New York City, New York to Judge Richard Lewis Baltimore, Jr. and Lois Madison-Baltimore. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1969 and earned
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Survivors returned to Africa
Thirty-five Amistad survivors returned to Africa.
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Nov
25
1841
Progress In Africa
Africa is the worlds poorest nation plagued by aids. Since the outbreak of aids in the 1980s, almost 800,000 africans have died from the disease. the outlook is beginning to look better for Africa. Most of the children are living past the age of five. Africans think that everything is wonderful in
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1997
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