by DrousieEmile | Mar 25, 2018 | Global African History, Groups & Organizations
Interahamwe, translated from Kinyarwanda to English as “those who work/ fight together,” is an African paramilitary and terrorist group currently based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Composed mainly of young Hutu men, Interahamwe was one of the...
by MohnStephen | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, People
National Football League (NFL) head coach Mike Tomlin was born on March 15, 1972 in Hampton, Virginia to Julia and Ed Tomlin. Mike Tomlin’s birth father was not an extremely prominent figure in his life due to his divorce with his mom at a young age, so he and his...
by FikesRobert | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, Events
The West Las Vegas Riot occurred on April 30, 1992 in the predominantly black Westside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The riot came a day after four Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted in the highly publicized beating of Rodney King the year before. The...
by ZhongMichelle | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, People
Charles B. Brooks was an American inventor, who is best known for his patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896. Very little is known about his early life beyond the fact that he was born in Virginia in 1865. By the 1890s Brooks was living in Newark, New...
by BrodskyMegan | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, People
Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III is 35-year veteran of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California. The retired three-star admiral worked to develop the Navy College Program helping sailors receive higher...
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