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Ajala, Godwin O. (1968–2001)
Godwin Ajala is remembered as a U.S. national hero who fought to save the lives of countless people as they escaped from the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001.He is also the only Nigerian listed among the nearly 3,000 people who died because of the
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11
2001
African diaspora in the Americas
The African diaspora in the Americas is used to refer to people born in the Americas with predominantly African ancestry. Most are descendants of people enslaved and transferred from Africa to the Americas by Europeans, to work in their colonies, mostly in mines and plantations as slaves, between
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Hanno of Carthage and West Africa
Hanno of Carthage (c 5th century B.C.) left a bronze plaque in a temple to Baal as testimony to his voyage down the west coast of Africa to the land of the gorilla people. His bronze 18-line travelogue, or Periplus, was translated into Greek, and then copied over many times by Greek
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Definition of Reconstruction
The period of Reconstruction took place in the southern United States from the end of the Civil War in 1865 until 1877. The era was marked by intense controversies, which included the impeachment of a president, outbreaks of racial violence, and the passage of Constitutional
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(1838) Angelina Grimké Weld, “Speech in Pennsylvania Hall”
In the speech below Angelina Grimke Weld, who was born to a prominent slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, invites the women and men of Philadelphia to join  her in the campaign against
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A Very Short History of Chad, Africa
Chad is one of several potential sites for the cradle of humankind in Africa -- following the discovery of seven-million-year-old human-like skull, now known as the Toumaï (Hope of
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Bridgewater, Pamela E. (1947- )
Pamela E. Bridgewater is a career Foreign Service officer who has been recognized for important diplomatic work in South Africa, Ghana, and Liberia.  Her most recent posting was as U.S. Ambassador to
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Morehouse College [Atlanta] (1867- )
A private, historically-black college for men, Morehouse College opened in 1867 to train former slaves to be Protestant ministers and educators. Today, Morehouse is one of five colleges in the Atlanta University Center, a complex that has included Morehouse’s sister school, Spelman College, as well
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Somalia
The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed
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Bussa Rebellion (1816)
The Bussa Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the history of Barbados. The rebellion took its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the uprising. The Bussa Rebellion was the first of the three major slave uprisings that took place in the British West Indies between the
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Libya
On Sept. 1, 1969, 27-year-old Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi deposed the king and revolutionized the country, making it a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic republic with socialist leanings. It was also rabidly anti-Israeli. A notorious firebrand, Qaddafi aligned himself with dictators, such as Ugandas Idi
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Molyneux, Thomas (1784–1818)
By all rights Thomas Molyneux should have become recognized as the first world boxing champion from the United States. Born in 1784 to parents enslaved by a wealthy Virginian plantation owner named Molyneux, Tom— because of his size and strength— was selected to engage in prizefighting matches with
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong
Samuel Chapman Armstrong , (born Jan. 30, 1839, Maui, Hawaii—died May 11, 1893, Hampton, Va., U.S.), Union military commander of black troops during the American Civil War and founder of Hampton Institute, a vocational educational school for
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11
1893
Collins, Barbara-Rose (1939- )
U.S. Congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 13, 1939 to Lunar N. and Vera (Jones) Richardson. Collins attended Wayne State University in Detroit. Her career began at Wayne State University where she served as business manager, worked in the Physics department, and
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13
1939
Allan Rohan Crite
Allan Rohan Crite (1910 - ) is Boston's most distinguished Black artist and art historian, noted for an eclectic range of subjects - from religious themes to neighborhood scenes. His religious artwork can be seen in the Church of St. Augustine and St. Martin on Lenox Street in lower Roxbury. His
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 17: "Combahee River Raid"
In Episode 17, Combahee River Raid, we look at the events of June 2, 1863, when Union Colonel James Montgomery led the 2nd South Carolina Colored Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery up the Combahee River, to raid Confederate outposts and rice plantations. Harriet Tubman
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2
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Congdon Street Baptist Church (1819- )
Congdon Street Baptist Church is the oldest African American church in Rhode Island. The church, located on College Hill, sprang from the effort of the black community in the city to provide a place for people of color to worship and a locale for a secular school for black children in the
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Mar
9
1819
Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.
Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights
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1969
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Anthony Johnson, a free Black who was probably one
Anthony Johnson, a free Black who was probably one of the first twenty settlers, received a grant of 250 acres of land in Northampton County, Va., for importing five persons. Johnson established a settlement on the banks of the Pungo teague River.
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24
1651
Grace Ogot - Birthday
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(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"
? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States.  It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North.  In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (1659- )
Nouakchott, meaning “place of the winds” in the Hassaniya language, became the capital of Mauritania in 1960.  In 2006 it had an estimated population of 708,000 people. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean but is on the edge of the Sahara Desert area of North and West Africa.  Scarce
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Ward 9 Politicians
From Boston's 'old' Ward 9 in the Beacon Hill area, Boston's Black citizens were able to elect 20 Black persons to public office - to the city council, the state legislature, and school committee - during the second half of the 19th century.
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The first Virginia legislative enactment making referenceto blacks states: "Al
The first Virginia legislative enactment making reference to blacks states: All persons except negroes are to be provided with arms and ammunition or be fined at the pleasure of governor and council.
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Whitfield, James Monroe (1822-1871)
James Monroe Whitfield, a black abolitionist and colonizationist, was born on April 10, 1822 in New Hampshire. Little is known about his early life except that he was a descendant of Ann Paul, the sister of prominent black clergyman Thomas Paul.  Whitfield had little formal education. Nonetheless
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1871
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