by BlackPastAdmin | Apr 17, 2009 | Global African History, Speeches
In 1957 the Nigerian House of Representatives passed a motion requesting Independence from Great Britain and calling on that colonial power to officially set the date for that Independence as October 1, 1960. After the motion was passed, Alhaji Abubakar Balewa, a...
by BlackPastAdmin | Apr 17, 2009 | Global African History, Primary Documents
Founding Charter of the Organization of African Unity May 25, 1963 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia We, the Heads of African States and Governments assembled in the City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Convinced that it is the inalienable right of all people to control their own...
by RogersBrittany | Apr 14, 2009 | African American History, People
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright was a physician and cancer researcher who dedicated her professional career to the advancement of chemotherapy techniques. Wright was born in New York City, New York on November 20, 1919. She was the older of two daughters to parents Louis...
by LarsenJulia | Apr 14, 2009 | African American History, Places
Nicodemus, Kansas, was founded in 1877 at the end of the Reconstruction Period. It soon became one of the most famous mostly black communities in the country, formed by freedpeople migrating west. Nicodemus is located on the plains in the northwest corner of the...
by WestbrookAriana | Apr 14, 2009 | African American History, People
Henry Marsh is a prominent political figure, black activist, and lawyer in Richmond, Virginia. He was born on December 10, 1933 in Richmond but when his mother died at age five, he was sent to live with relatives in rural Virginia. Marsh, who attended Moonfield...
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