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Johnson, Hazel W. (1927-2011 )
Hazel Johnson was the first African American woman to become a general in the U.S. Army. She was appointed the Chief of the Army Nurse Corps in 1979. Johnson held a doctorate in education administration from Catholic University (1978) and had honorary degrees from Morgan State University, Villanova
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African Americans in WW2
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The Baptist War (1831-1832)
The Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, was an eleven-day rebellion that mobilized as many as sixty thousand of Jamaica’s three hundred thousand slaves in 1831–1832. It was considered the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean. The name Christmas Rebellion came from the
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Fango, Gobo (1855-1886)
Gobo Fango was born in the Eastern Cape Colony in what is now South Africa around 1855, just before the beginning of the eighth of the nine Xhosa Wars (Cape Frontier Wars) against British and Boer settlers.  Fango was a member of the Gcaleka tribe, a sub-group of the Xhosa peoples.  These frontier
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The Tuskegee Airmen on BlackPast.org
The film Red Tails which depicts the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, opened on the weekend of January 20-21 in theaters across the nation.  BlackPast.org in support of  the Seattle, Washington youth violence prevention program of THE SILENT WAR and other organizations which have vowed to use this
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Kelly, Samuel Eugene (1926-2009)
Samuel Eugene Kelly, soldier and educator, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 26, 1926 to James Handy Kelly, a minister, and Essie Matilda Allen-Kelly, a homemaker.  Educated at Greenwich public schools, Kelly dropped out of high school in 1943 and joined the United States Army the
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Alan Paton - Birthday
Alan Paton , in full Alan Stewart Paton (born January 11, 1903, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa—died April 12, 1988, near Durban, Natal), South African writer, best known for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate tale of racial injustice that brought international
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Salem Poor
Salem Poor was a Black hero of the Revoluntionary War. He distinguished himself so in battle that fourteen American officers praised him before Congress. On this day, a memorial was dedicated to him at Cambridge, Massachusetts which carried the citation that under our own observation, we declare
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5
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While the Great War raged in Europe for three long years, America steadfastly clung to neutrality. It was not until April 2, 1917, that President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. The world, he said, must be made safe for democracy. Quickly, Americans swung into action to
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Pinnacle Point - Howiesons Poort Cave Site in South Africa
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(1994) General Colin Powell Urges African American Students to Reject Racial Hatred
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Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus submits $457 million plan for CARES Act funds and creation of $100 million endowment for Mississippi’s HBCUs | The Mississippi Link
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 [4] – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in
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20
1895
South Africa: Beds, Cases and Discharges - Gauteng's Latest Hospital Numbers
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South Africa: With Enough Support, People Can Grow Their Own Food
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What Was the Mfecane in South Africa?
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World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass - North Africa
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Nadine Gordimer
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13
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369th Infantry Regiment “Harlem Hellfighters”
First organized in 1916 as the 15th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment and manned by black enlisted soldiers with both black and white officers, the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” was the best known African American unit of
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Langston, John Mercer (1829-1897)
John Mercer Langston, the youngest of four children, was born a free black in Louisa County, Virginia in 1829. Langston gained distinction as an abolitionist, politician, and attorney.  Despite the prominence of his slaveowner father, Ralph Quarles, Langston took his surname from his mother, Lucy
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54th Massachusetts Regiment - 2nd Picture
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Alan Paton
Alan Paton , in full Alan Stewart Paton (born January 11, 1903, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa—died April 12, 1988, near Durban, Natal), South African writer, best known for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate tale of racial injustice that brought international
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Daniel F. Malan
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