Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri
Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri is a prominent figure in Kenyan history, known for his role in the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule. Born in...
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Celia Cruz
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Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer and performer who became known as the Queen of Salsa. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1925, Cruz began her...
Pan-African movement
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In the nearly half-century between 1900 and 1945, various political leaders and intellectuals from Europe, North America, and Africa met six times to discuss colonial...
The Black Star Line
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The Black Star Line was a historic shipping company established by Marcus Garvey in 1919. The company was founded with the intention of promoting black...
Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie
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Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie was born in 1918 in the Commonwealth of Dominica, a former British colony. As a working journalist in London, Scobie became...
Wole Soyinka
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Wole Soyinka, in full Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, (born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria), a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for...
Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford
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Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford was born on April 23, 1877, in Bridgetown, Barbados, to Edward Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Augustine Ford. He claimed that his...
When Joe Louis Boxed Nazi Favorite Max Schmeling
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As Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party loomed over Europe, an American and a German boxer squared off in the ring. They’d meet again two...
Colonial postcards from a disturbing past, 1890-1914
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By the 1890s postcards were widely available throughout continental Europe. The postcards appealed to tourists looking for a souvenir of their travels abroad. Although travel...
Louise Little
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The Unsung Heroine Behind Malcolm X Louise Little is a woman whose remarkable life story has often been overshadowed by the legacy of her famous...