The false freedom that fetters Black Americans

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The false freedom that fetters Black Americans

Today’s radical left is shackling Blacks with a debilitating and ultimately self-destructive understanding of what freedom truly is.

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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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Saxophonist Dexter Gordon, the last of the beboppers, died of kidney failure in Philadelphia.

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1990

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Bell Hooks is a pen name of a renowned African-American author, Gloria Jean Watkins. She also took part in social activism and supports feminism. The central focus of her writing is interconnectivity of race, capitalism, and gender. She also explains the influence of these elements to promote

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William "Willie the Pro" Thrower (1930-2002)

William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Thrower was born on March 22, 1930, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Although his statistics as a college and high school football player are good, and his pro

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Simpson, O. J. (Orenthal James Simpson), 1947–, American football player, b. San Francisco. As a running back for the Univ. of Southern California, he won the Heisman Trophy as the best college player of 1968. The Juice played with the Buffalo Bills (1969–77) and San Francisco 49ers (1978–79) and

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Phyllis Hyman, singer dies

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Braun, Carol Moseley (1947- )

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1964

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1950

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1906

New York and New Jersey legally recognize the institutionof slavery.

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Coleman Young reelected mayor of Detroit. Thurman L. Milner elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. James Chase elected mayor of Spokane, Washington.

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Perry, June Carter (1943- )

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