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Phillips says ‘fit and ready to go’

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Dismissing notions that he was too ill and lethargic to lead the country, Dr Peter Phillips, the 70-year-old People’s National Party (PNP) president, declared on Tuesday that he was “fit and ready to go”. Having completed surgery for Stage Three...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner
(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”
Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public
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Source: Black Past
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt was a singer and actress who recorded the hit holiday song “Santa Baby”. She was born on January 17, 1927 in South Carolina to an African American mother and a white father. She was raised by Anna Mae Riley, as her biological mother had abandoned her. It wasn’t until later
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Jan
17
1927
Birthday of Eldridge Cleaver
Birthday of Eldridge Cleaver, former Black Panther Party minister of information.
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Aug
31
1935
Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia.
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Oct
26
1921
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Atty. James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia.
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Oct
25
1915
Jamaica: Love trumps politics - Clarendon SE voter to break ranks with partner - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Ever since she has been eligible to vote, Rose Watkin of Landlease in Clarendon has only marked her ‘X’ for the People’s National Party (PNP). The article Jamaica: Love trumps politics - Clarendon SE voter to break ranks with partner appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Ralph J. Bunche
Ralph J. Bunche, director of the UN Trusteeship division and former professor of political science at Howard University, awarded the Nobel Peace prize (September 22) for successful mediation of the Palestine conflict. He was the first Black to receive a Nobel citation.
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Sep
27
1950
Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit for justice for victims of the worst crimes of humanity, and accountability for the perpetrators of those
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Sep
11
2001
#JaVotes2020 | Juliet Holness confident of second term
Juliet Holness, the incumbent candidate for St Andrew East Rural, says she is expecting to secure a second term at the September 3 polls. Holness exuded confidence as she completed her nomination at the Gordon Town community centre today. A large...
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First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia (1773– )
First African Baptist Church, located in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, is recognized as one of the nations oldest African American Baptist Churches. Although the church was not officially established until 1788, the original congregation of mostly enslaved individuals had been formed
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Jan
20
1788
Baca, Susana (1944- )
Susana Baca, recording artist and the first Afro-Peruvian to sit as a Cabinet Minister, was born in 1944 in Chorrillos, a seaside district of Lima, Peru, to a working class family. Her father was a chauffeur and her mother worked as cook and laundress for upper class families. Baca began singing at
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Georgia Infirmary (1832 - )
The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,” it was established by the Georgia General Assembly and funded by a $10,000 grant from the estate
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Dec
24
1832
Henry Watson Furness last black minister of Haiti
Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti. He was the last Black minister to Haiti in this period. Woodrow Wilson appointed a white minister in 1913.
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Nov
23
1905
Byron Allen, George Clooney to host virtual fundraiser for Biden campaign - TheGrio
Byron Allen is set to host a virtual fundraiser on Friday for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, as part of... View Article The post Byron Allen, George Clooney to host virtual fundraiser for Biden campaign appeared first on TheGrio.
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#JaVotes2020 | JLP's Dave Brown promises to defeat Wavell Hinds by at least 700 votes
Businessman and incumbent member of parliament, 55-year-old Dave Brown, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), and former Jamaica and West Indies cricketer, 45-year-old Wavell Hinds, representing the People’s National Party (PNP) have...
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Agrippa Hull: Revolutionary Patriot
In the following article, University of California at Los Angeles historian Gary B. Nash describes little-known Revolutionary War soldier who was attached by General George Washington to serve with Polish military engineer Tadeuz Kosciuszko. This account is part of a larger history of three
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May
21
1848
Henderson, George Washington (c. 1850-1936)
Born a slave in Clark County, Virginia, George Washington Henderson graduated from the University of Vermont in 1877 and became the first African American to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), the highest academic honor society. He later received a bachelor’s degree in divinity from Yale
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Feb
3
1936
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson was born on December 12, 1890. He was a college and university president, Educator and minister.
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Dec
12
1890
Somalia
After more than 20 years and 17 attempts at forming a internationally recognized central government, the Somali parliament held its inaugural session on Aug. 20, 2012. Rife with disorganization, corruption, and concerns for the safety of the participants, the swearing in took place at the airport
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Aretha Franklin
Born: 3/25/1942 Memphis, TennesseeAretha Franklin is an American singer and musician. Franklin began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklins church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only
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Robert Smalls steals Confederate ship
It has just gotten dark on the evening of May 12, 1862. General Roswell Ripley and the other white confederate officers of the
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May
12
1862
Young, Andrew (1932 - )
Andrew Young, Jr., came into prominence as a civil rights activist and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the modern civil rights movement in the United States.  Young worked with various organizations early in the movement, but his civil rights work was largely done with the
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Mar
12
1932
#JaVotes2020 | Tomlinson eyeing St Andrew West Rural victory
Krystal Tomlinson all the way was the buzzword after her nomination as the People’ National Party (PNP) candidate for St Andrew West Rural. She was accompanied to the nomination centre at the Stony Hill HEART Academy by two party bigwigs,...
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Atty. John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia.
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May
23
1878
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908-1972)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., preacher, civil rights activist, and national politician, was born to Mattie and Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 29, 1908.  Young Powell grew up in New York City, New York since his father, a Baptist preacher, became pastor of the historic
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Jarena Lee was born
The daughter of former slaves, born in Cape May, New
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Feb
11
1783
Waldon, Alton Ronald, Jr. (1936–)
Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. was the first African American Congressman elected from Queens, New York.  Waldon was born in Lakeland, Florida on December 21, 1936. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York and after graduation in 1954 joined the United States Army.  Discharged in 1959 Waldon
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Fort Lawton (Seattle) “Riot” and POW Lynching, 1944
On August 14, 1944, African American soldiers “rioted” against Italian prisoners of war at Seattle’s Fort Lawton, an Army staging area for combat in the Pacific. American officers and POWs under their guard were severely beaten. The next morning one of the POWs, Guglielmo Olivotto, was
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Aug
14
1944
Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424 (2008)
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Crumpler , Rebecca Davis Lee (1831-1895)
For many years Dr. Rebecca Cole was considered to be the first black woman physician.  However, historical research has shown that the honor rightly belongs to Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler who completed her M.D. in 1864, three years before
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9
1895

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