Infamous duel between the USS Kearsage and the

Rwanda: Kabuga Lawyers Fighting Extradition

The court on Thursday May 21, decided to delay until next week the hearing on whether to hand Kabuga to the UN's International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals based at The

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Source: allAfrica.com

Telisa Yancy

Telisa Yancy is the Vice President of Marketing for American Family Insurance. In this role, Yancy and her team spearheaded a re-positioning of the 85 year old company. Yancy earned a Silver Effie Award in 2013 for the effectiveness of her team’s marketing and communications efforts in the

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Source: Savoy Network

Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston , (born February 2, 1803, Washington, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee), commander of the Confederate forces in the Western theatre during the early stages of the American Civil War (1861–65). His battlefield death was considered an irreparable loss by

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Source: Brittanica

Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American

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Source: ThoughtCo

Henson, Matthew (1866-1955)

Matthew Henson was an American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary, most famously on an expedition intended to reach the Geographic North Pole in 1909. Subsequent research and exploration has revealed that Peary and Henson did not reach the North Pole but their failed attempt is still recognized

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Source: Black Past

Aug

18

1909

Hugo Black - Birthday

Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.

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Source: Brittanica

Feb

27

1886

Rwanda: Kabuga's Arrest Highlights Improved France-Rwanda Relations

The arrest of the most wanted genocide suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Félicien Kabuga, 84, in a Paris apartment last week, highlights renewed French commitment to improve relations with Rwanda, long injured by allegations against each other on the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Remembering Little Richard, the architect of rock ‘n’ roll –

“My legacy,” Little Richard told Rolling Stone Magazine in 2013, “should be that when I started in show business there was no such thing as rock

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Source: Florida Courier

Édouard Glissant

Édouard Glissant , (born September 21, 1928, Le Lamentin, Martinique—died February 3, 2011, Paris, France), French-speaking West Indian poet and novelist who belonged to the literary Africanism

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Feb

3

2011

The Palate Club Algorithm Revolutionizes Online Wine Retail with Personalized Recommendations

Now you can shop wines by a score that is specific to you

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Uys Krige

Krige was educated at the University of Stellenbosch and lived from 1931 to 1935 in France and Spain, where he learned Romance languages. He began his writing career as a reporter on the Rand Daily Mail. He began to make his reputation as a creative writer with a book of verse, Kentering

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Source: Brittanica

Joe Louis - The World Heavyweight Champion - Death

Dates: May 13, 1914 -- April 12, 1981 Also Known As: Joe Louis Barrow (born as), Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber Humble Beginnings Joe Louis Barrow, the seventh of eight children, was born on May 13, 1914, to rural Lafayette, Alabama sharecroppers Munroe and Lillie Barrow.

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Apr

12

1981

Cole, Nat “King” (1919–1965) - Birthday

Jazz pianist and popular singer Nathaniel Adams Coles was born into a musical family in Montgomery, Alabama on March 17, 1919.

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Mar

17

1919

Regina Benjamin, MD

Regina Benjamin, MD is the Former United States Surgeon General and a practicing family physician. In July 2009, Benjamin was appointed as the 18th United States Surgeon General and served a four – year term. During that period, Benjamin served as the Chair of the National Prevention, Health

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Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul,[1] [2] is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,[3] Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group

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Source: BlackHistory.com

May

28

1944

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. , original name Michael King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in

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Source: Brittanica

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was a black-American religious leader, who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1934 until his death in 1975. He was a mentor to Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad Ali, as well as his own son, Warith Deen

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761st Tank Battalion (1942-45)

The 761st Tank Battalion was formed in the spring of 1942 and was the first African American tank battalion to see combat in the Second World War. Commanding this battalion was a white Lt. Colonel, Paul L. Bates. As the unit fell under the scrutiny of other white officers who were critical of

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Source: Black Past

DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951) - Birthday

A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871.

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Source: Black Past

Mar

9

1871

Early Numbers Show New COVID-19 Syndrome May Place Black Children at Higher Risk | Black Voice News

Where the nation once believed children were rarely impacted by COVID-19, this mysterious COVID-19 related illness has touched children in every age group beginning with five percent of the cases impacting children under the age of one; 15 percent were between the ages of one and four years; 29

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Meet Cornelius Henderson, Senior VP, Jail Operations, NaphCare, Inc.

He’s back home now and presiding over the company’s transition, or new setup, as it assumes the role of overseeing health care management at Jefferson County jails in Birmingham and Bessemer beginning on June

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Africa: Why the Next WTO Director-General Should Come From Africa

WITH RESPECT to the credentials of the successor, there appears to be agreement among WTO members that the next Director-General should have a political background as opposed to a technical or diplomatic

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Saʿīd ibn Sulṭān

Born in 1791, Saʿīd succeeded his father jointly with his brother Salīm in 1804, but their cousin Badr immediately usurped the throne. In 1806 Saʿīd assassinated Badr and became virtual sole ruler, though Salīm, a nonentity, had titular status until his death in 1821. Although Europeans frequently

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Source: Brittanica

Jesse Owens - Birthday

Owens was the youngest of ten children, three girls and seven boys, born to Henry Cleveland Owens (a sharecropper) and Mary Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913.

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Sep

12

1913

African-american NY National Guard Troops Had To Fight To Fight In World War I

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (02/01/2018) (readMedia)-- During the World War I centennial observance, the New York National Guard and New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs will issue press releases noting key dates which impacted New Yorkers, based on information and artifacts provided by

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Regina Benjamin

Regina Benjamin , (born Oct. 26, 1956, Mobile, Ala., U.S.), American physician who in 2009 became the 18th surgeon general of the United States. Prior to her government appointment, she had spent most of her medical career serving poor families in a shrimping village on the Gulf Coast of

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Salute to First Responders and Healthcare Workers to be held May 14-28 in Greene County

Greene County had 74

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

Andrew Young

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to

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Francis Bebey - Birthday

Francis Bebey , (born July 15, 1929, Douala, Cameroon—died May 28, 2001, Paris, France), Cameroonian-born writer, guitarist, and composer, one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa.

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Jul

15

1929

Jacques Rabemananjara - Birthday

Jacques Rabemananjara , (born June 23, 1913, Tananarive, Madagascar—died April 1, 2005, Paris, France), Malagasy politician, playwright, and poet.

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Jun

23

1913

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