Asia – Palestine
Taharqa (?-664 B.C.E.)
Both a pharaoh of Egypt and a king of Kush (in present-day Sudan), Taharqa (meaning “young man” or “young warrior”)...
British West Indian Regiment (BWIR) (1915-1918)
On August 4, 1914, Britain joined the Great War. The First World War, 1914-1918, is usually viewed as a predominantly white European conflict. In fact,...
Israeli Black Panther Party (1971-1977)
In 1969, Sa’adia Marciano and Charlie Biton—along with four other Moroccan-Jewish youth living in the poor Moroccan-Jewish section of Jerusalem, Israel—started meeting...
William E. Ward (1949- )
William E. “Kip” Ward is a former 4-star general. War was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 6, 1949, to...
The Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–1936)
The Second Italo-Abyssinian War was Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia, a process it began after the 1885 Partition of Africa. Italy...
C. Steven McGann (1951 – )
C. Steven McGann joined the Foreign Service in 1992 and has since attained the status of Career member, Senior Foreign...
Kenton Wesley Keith (1939- )
On May 26, 1992, career diplomat Kenton Wesley Keith was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S....
Theodore R. Britton Jr. (1925- )
Ambassador Theodore Roosevelt Britton, Jr. was born on October 17, 1925 in North Augusta, South Carolina. In 1936, he and...
Tunis, Tunisia (9th century BCE- )
Tunis is the largest city and capital of Tunisia. The city, which is situated on a Mediterranean Sea Gulf at...
