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In Praise of Mayme Clayton: Images of the African American West
Dr. Mayme Clayton was born in Arkansas and transplanted to California, where she served as law librarian at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), beginning in 1957. In 1969 she helped put together the university’s African American Studies Center Library. But her most astounding
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COP28 : la sortie des énergies fossiles, éternel tabou des conférences sur le climat - Haiti24
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Au Maroc, l’ancien premier ministre islamiste Abdelilah Benkirane dérape dans l’antisémitisme - Haiti24
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[Previous] [Next] Angela Davis ran for Vice President on the Communist Party ticket.  She became Professor of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, a position she held until 1984. Janie L. Mines graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. She was the first African American
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Ghana- Reparations Summit Proposes Global Fund to Compensate for Slavery
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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)
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Quvenzhané Wallis
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Isaacs, Cheryl Boone (1949---)
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