Author : joe bodego
Albert Boutwell
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During the Birmingham Campaign of 1963, Martin Luther King addressed Mayor Albert Boutwell in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” writing that he hoped the Birmingham...
Miriam Makeba
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Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer and activist who became a symbol of the struggle against apartheid. Born on...
Edwin Clarence Joseph Turpin Howard
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Edwin Clarence Joseph Turpin Howard was the first African-American graduate of Harvard Medical College and also one of the founding members of the oldest African-American...
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
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Jan Pietersz Coen, twice governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, was born in the city of Hoorn, in the province of Holland, on January 8,...
Dutch East India Company
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Dutch East India Company, of United East India Company, Dutch Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, trading company founded in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands) in 1602 to...
Wayne Shorter
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Wayne Shorter, the influential American musician and composer, passed away on March 2, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. Born on August 25, 1933, in Newark,...
The Baule
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Baule, an African people inhabiting Côte d’Ivoire between the Comoé and Bandama rivers. The Baule are an Akan group, speaking the Tano language of the...
Ndebele
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Ndebele, also called Transvaal Ndebele, any of several Bantu-speaking African peoples who live primarily in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces in South Africa. The Ndebele...