by HarrisTrudier | Feb 29, 2016 | Events, Global African History
Following the Partition of Africa during the Berlin Conference of 1885, Prime Minister Francesco Crispi of Italy began his nation’s colonization in Africa. Italy focused on the Red Sea because of its trade routes to Asia and East Africa, and subsequently stationed...
by PhillipsChieko | Feb 28, 2016 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The 1966 championship game for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament came down to a test between a small southwestern institution, El Paso’s Texas Western College Miners, and an accomplished four-time NCAA tournament winner, the...
by QuinteroMaria | Feb 24, 2016 | African American History
William P. Stewart, a Civil War veteran, was also an early black settler in Snohomish County, Washington. Stewart was born on December 9, 1839, as a free person of color to Walden and Henrietta Stewart in Sangamon County, Illinois. He had five other siblings, four...
by JonesMelinda | Feb 24, 2016 | African American History, People
Channing Dungey is the first Black person in history to run a major network, appointed head of the entertainment division of ABC on February 17, 2016. Dungey joined the ABC family in 2004 and, since 2013, has held the title of executive vice president of drama...
by Fearn-BanksKathleen | Feb 24, 2016 | African American History, People
Lorenzo Dow Turner was an African American linguist who headed the English department at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1920 to 1928, and later headed of the English department at Fisk University (1929 to 1946). His accomplishments within his career in...
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