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Nationwide - Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, two brothers from Red Springs, North Carolina who spent decades in prison for a crime they did not commit, have finally received a […]

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Abernathy, Ralph David ăb´ərnăth˝ē [key], 1926–90, American civil-rights leader, b. Linden, Ala. A Baptist minister, he helped Martin Luther King , Jr., organize the Montgomery bus boycott (1955). He was treasurer, vice president, and, after Kings assassination (1968), president of the Southern

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Kwame Nkrumah ousted in military coup

Elected leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, ousted in military coup while he is away on a peace mission to Vietnam.

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Feb

1966

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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Gerald S. Adolph

Gerald S. Adolph is a Principal at Strategy&, the global strategy consulting firm of PwC. In this role, Adolph leads a strategy consulting business with PwC US. He specializes in strategy and operations for technology-driven businesses. Adolph is a recognized expert in growth

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Brazzaville, Congo (1880- )

Brazzaville, the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo, was founded on September 10, 1880. The city was on the site of Nkuna, a Bateke village and was named after its part-African founder, explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. Makoko of the Téké, the local political

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Sep

1880

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

1933

Sudan

Since 1999 international attention has been focused on evidence that slavery is widespread throughout Sudan. Arab raiders from the north of the country have enslaved thousands of southerners, who are black. The Dinka people have been the hardest-hit. Some sources point out that the raids

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First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington (1886- )

Established in 1886 when Washington was still a territory, the First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Seattle, Washington is the state’s oldest black church. Initially, members began by meeting in each other’s homes. These meetings eventually led to the opening of a home based Sunday

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Miller, M.D., Earl V. (1923-2005)

Dr. Earl V. Miller was the first African American board certified urologist in the State of Washington and the first west of the Mississippi. He was born in Natchez, Mississippi, and received his B.A. degree from Dillard University in New Orleans in 1943. He joined the Army Specialized Training

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Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington was a renowned nineteenth century African American author and most importantly advisor to presidents of the United States. Besides being a remarkable orator, he was also an educator. Washington came a long way from slavery to eventually become a prominent leader and championed

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Apr

1856

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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Mott, Lucretia Coffin

Mott, Lucretia Coffin, 1793–1880, American feminist and reformer, b. Nantucket, Mass. She moved (1804) with her family to Boston and later (1809) to Philadelphia. A Quaker, she studied and taught at a Friends school near Poughkeepsie, N.Y. After 1818 she became known as a lecturer for

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Robert H. Wood

Robert H. Wood, Mississippi political leader, elected mayor of Natchez.

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Dec

1870

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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Home of Martin Luther King Jr

Home of Martin Luther King Jr. Montgomery bus boycott leader bombed.

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Jan

1956

The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens

The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Jul

1991

Cynthia Augustine

At DraftFCB, Cindy Augustine is responsible for leading all aspects of human resources, including recruiting, talent development, benefits and compensation, as well as inclusion programs for the global network. She is a master at creating high-performance teams that leverage organizational strength

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Barthélemy Boganda - Birthday

Barthélemy Boganda , (born April 4, 1910, Bobangui, Moyen-Congo, French Equatorial Africa [now in Central African Republic]—died March 29, 1959, near Bangui), the major nationalist leader of the Central African Republic (formerly Ubangi-Shari) in the critical decolonization period of the 1950s.

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Apr

1910

Denmark Vesey

Denmark Vesey was a free slave born in St. Thomas, which at that time was a colony of Denmark. His birth name was Telemaque and he was born in 1767. He was purchased by a slave merchant named Joseph Vesey when he was 14 years old. Vesey sold his slave to a farmer in St. Domingue, but he was later

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Jul

1822

Trevor A. Edwards

Trevor A. Edwards is President of NIKE Brands for NIKE, Inc. In this role, Edwards is responsible for leading all category and geographic business units, the Jordan Brand and Action Sports, which includes Hurley International LLC, Digital Sport and brand management throughout the world. Edwards

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Bethune, Mary McLeod

Bethune, Mary McLeod bəthyo͞on´ [key], 1875–1955, American educator, b. Mayesville, S.C., grad. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1895. The 17th child of former slaves, she taught (1895–1903) in a series of southern mission schools before settling in Florida to found (1904) the Daytona Normal and

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Nigeria

As leader of the multination peacekeeping force ECOMOG, Nigeria established itself as West Africas superpower, intervening militarily in the civil wars of Liberia and Sierra Leone. But Nigerias costly war efforts were unpopular with its own people, who felt Nigerias limited economic resources were

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Mirian M. Graddick-Weir

Mirian M. Graddick-Weir is Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Merck & Co., Inc., a leading global pharmaceutical company. In this role, Graddick-Weir has responsibility for all aspects of human resources for more than 86,000 employees

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Reginald H. Gilyard

Reginald H. Gilyard is a Senior Advisor with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and a recognized leader in strategy development and execution. Gilyard has worked with management teams and boards to develop and implement successful strategies for Fortune 500 companies, higher education

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Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.

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Jun

1881

Egypt

Egypt | FactMonster

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