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Lewis Temple was born in 1800 as a slave in Richmond, Virginia. He obtained his freedom and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1829 where he worked as
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Africa: Wanyama - Southampthon, Mane Thought They Did Not Want Him to Score
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Businesses count losses during Idd
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South Africa: Why Easing the Lockdown Threatens to Put Workers in South Africa At Risk
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Mozambique: Aicaju Warns of Declining Cashew Processing
Maputo — The Mozambican Association of Cashew Industries (AICAJU) has warned that less than 35,000 tonnes of cashew nuts will be processed in Mozambican factories this year, which is more than 33 per cent less than the 52,000 tonnes processed last
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Wendy Williams Takes a Break from Her Show to Deal with Symptoms from Graves' Disease
Viewers of “The Wendy Williams Show” will have to watch repeats of the show for the foreseeable future, as Williams is taking a hiatus as a result of fatigue caused by
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Sports help inspire Season 3 of ‘Key and Peele’
Do sports matter to Americans more than having a good laugh? It’s an interesting question. For comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, sports jokes give their fans the best of both
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Kenya: Adak Boss Rugut Confident Kenya Is Winning Fight Against Banned Drugs
A: With the rise of doping cases in the country especially in athletics, there was pressure from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and World Athletics (WA) for Kenya to take urgent
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Treasury allocates Sh20m for plastics war
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Triton scandal: UK court allows Devani extradition
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Zimbabwe: Relief in Maphisa As Electricity Is Restored After 10-Month Blackout
This was after the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) had reported the theft of 42 spans (seven kilometres) of copper cables, plunging residents into nearly a year of total
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Michael Jordan's UNC Dorm Room Is Being Re-Created for Guests By a Chapel Hill Hotel
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(2017) President Barack Obama's Farewell Address
On January 10, 2017, Barack Obama delivered his last farewell address in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. His speech is appears
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Desecration of Priceless Forests in Sierra Leone Halted by Coronavirus
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Kenya: Relief as State Extends Low-Duty Maize Import Window
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(1899) Rev. D. A. Graham, “Some Facts About Southern Lynchings,”
Little is known about Reverend D. A. Graham, the A.M.E. minister who delivered the speech that appears below.  However the ministers words were recorded as part of a nationwide protest in 1899 against lynchings of African Americans across the nation.  In May of 1899 the newly formed African
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(1993) William J. Clinton, “The Freedom to Die"
On November 13, 1993, President Bill Clinton traveled to Memphis to address 5,000 African American ministers at the national headquarters of the Church of God in Christ.  Speaking from the pulpit where in 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his last sermon, Clinton used the occasion to urge the
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Rwanda: Beach Volleyball - Rwanda Again to Host World Tour
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Malawi: Chakwera Leads in Malawi Opinion Polls - MCP Says Not Taking Anything for Granted
With a month left until fresh presidential elections, opinion polls by Afrobaromete suggest that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera would win the ballot, but MCP has said it will not be
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Better days coming
For almost 50 years Riley Maragh has operated his craft shop across from the Kingston Craft Market on Harbour Street in the capital city's downtown business district and he has seen good and bad
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Ash, Aesha (1977- )
Born in Rochester, New York, on December 30, 1977 to Costello and John Ash, Aesha Ash grew up in a strong, supportive working class family with two brothers, Spencer and Jonathan Ash.  From the age of five Ash took jazz and tap
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