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Aug

12

1977

A Brief History of Sudan - Part One

Early History of the Region

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Jan

1

1956

Muhammad, Khalid Abdul (1948-2001)

Khalid Abdul Muhammad was an African-American activist, a one-time member of the Nation of Islam and national chairman of the New Black Panther Party. Muhammad was born Harold Moore Jr. on January 12, 1948, to Harold Moore Sr and Lottie B. Moore in Houston, Texas. Moore’s Aunt, Carrie Moore

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Burundi

The frequency of ethnic clashes increased, developing into a low-intensity civil war. A six-nation regional proposal to send troops into Burundi to maintain peace and order was devised in July 1996. Distrustful of the scheme, the Tutsi-dominated army led a coup deposing the Hutu president and

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The Tryal Slave Ship Rebellion, 1805

The Tryal Rebellion of 1805 is a little known account of a shipboard slave uprising in the South Pacific off the coast of Chile. In 1803 a number of West African Muslims were purchased by the Spanish in what is now Senegal and put on a slave ship bound for Buenos Aires in the Spanish colony of

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Hundley, Walter R. (1929-2002)

Walter R. Hundley, minister, sociologist, civil rights worker, and administrator, served in a number of important offices in Seattle government. Hundley was born in Philadelphia on March 8, 1929, and raised there in a black neighborhood which he recalled as being pretty rough. He graduated from

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Mar

8

1929

Gangster Disciples

The Gangster Disciples are a criminal gang which was formed on the South-side of Chicago in the late 1960s, by Larry Hoover, leader of the High Life Supreme Gangsters, and David Barksdale, leader of the Black Disciples. The two groups united to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN). They

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Patrice Lumumba - Birthday

Patrice Lumumba , in full Patrice Hemery Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 1961, Katanga province), African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960).

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Jul

2

1925

Du Bois, W. E. B.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt Du Bois) dəbois´ [key], 1868–1963, American civil-rights leader and author, b. Great Barrington, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1890 M.A., 1891 Ph.D., 1895). Du Bois was an early exponent of full equality for African Americans and a cofounder (1905) of the

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Arthur H. Harper

Arthur H. Harper is Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners. In this role, Harper heads a private equity firm that is focused on business-to-business companies. Previously, Harper was President and Chief Executive Officer at General Electric Corporation, Equipment Services Division from 2002

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Duniway, Abigail Scott

Duniway, Abigail Scott dŭn´əwā˝ [key], 1834–1915, American editor and advocate of womens rights, b. near Groveland, Ill. She went to Oregon with her family in 1852 and the next year married Benjamin Charles Duniway. For many years she edited the New Northwest in Portland and through her writings

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Absalom Jones Birth

Absalom Jones, major leader of Black Pioneer period, born in slavery in Sussex, Delaware.

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Nov

6

1746

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr.

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1932–, African-American leader, clergyman, and public official, b. New Orleans. He was a leading civil-rights activist in the 1960s and, as a Democrat from Georgia, served (1973–77) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Under President Carter , Young was permanent

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Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker, opens the St Luke Penny Savings Bank

Business and civic leader, Maggie L Walker, opens the St Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA, 1903

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Nov

2

1903

Mary A. Winston

Mary A. Winston was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. In this role, Winston played a vital role working with the Board of Directors, shareholders and other constituents during the acquisition of leading retailer Family Dollar by Dollar

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Kenya

On Dec. 12, 1963, Kenya achieved full independence. Jomo Kenyatta, a nationalist leader during the fight to win independence who had been jailed by the British, was its first

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Perkins, Marvin (1963– )

Marvin Perkins is an accomplished recording vocal artist, a sought-after public speaker, and a leader in the effort to correct misunderstanding and incorrect assumptions about blacks, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

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William E. B. DuBois

William E. B. DuBois (1868-1963), born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was the first African-American to receive the Ph.D. degree from Harvard (1895). His thesis was on the African Slave Trade. DuBois was influenced by Boston's fiery and 'radical' civil rights leader William Monroe Trotter in

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Mali

In March 2012, President Touré was overthrown in a coup by mutineering soldiers who said they were acting in response to the governments response to the rebellion by the Tuaregs, nomadic insurgents of Berber and Arab descent who live in the north. The troops said they did not received adequate

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Odumegwu Ojukwu - Birthday

Odumegwu Ojukwu , in full Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (born November 4, 1933, Zungeru, Nigeria—died November 26, 2011, London, England), Nigerian military leader and politician, who was head of the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian civil war.

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Nov

4

1933

Nix, Robert Nelson Cornelius, Sr. (1898-1987) - Death

After his loss, he remained a leader of the Thirty-second Ward until his death in Philadelphia on June 22, 1987.

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Jun

22

1987

Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–98, American temperance leader and reformer, b. Churchville, N.Y., grad. Northwestern Female College, 1859. She was president of Evanston College for Ladies and dean of women at Northwestern Univ. After leaving the university, she helped organize (1874) the Womans

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Guinea

Konaté kept his word in the June 2010 race. The first round of the election was inconclusive, and former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo faced opposition leader Alpha Condé in the run-off vote. Condé, a professor and opposition leader who has spent much of his life in exile in France, prevailed

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Lionel Hampton, musician, born

Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist, drummer and band leader is born.

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Apr

20

1909

Muhammad, Elijah

Muhammad, Elijah, 1897–1975, American black-nationalist and religious leader, b. near Sandersville, Ga. Originally named Elijah Poole, he left home at 16 and worked at various jobs. In 1923 he settled in Detroit and became an automobile assembly-line worker. In 1931 he became a follower of Wali

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Death of Adam Clayton Powell Jr

Death of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (63), former congressman and civil rights leader, in Miami.

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Apr

4

1972

Egypt

Egypt | FactMonster

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W.E.B. Du Bois died

W.E.B. Du Bois (95), scholar, protest leader and a founder of the NAACP, died in

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Aug

27

1963

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen (1932-).

On June 6, 1950, Frank Petersen enlisted in the Navy. At the age of 20, he was the first Afro-American to be named a naval aviator in the Marine Corp. He was also the first African American to command a fighter squadon, a fighter air group, an air wing, and a major

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Jun

6

1950

imam

imam | FactMonster

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