Asia – Yemen
The Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA) is the African continent’s easternmost peninsula. The English name for the region derives from the...
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...
Ilhan Omar (1982- )
Ilhan Omar is a Somali American politician from Minnesota. She is the director of policy and initiative of the Women...
Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964)
The island of Zanzibar, now a part of Tanzania, was a nineteenth century East African trading empire that fell under...
Ethiopian-Somali War Over the Ogaden Region (1977–1978)
In 1977 Ethiopia and Somalia engaged in a brief territory conflict over the Ogaden region situated between and claimed by...
Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement
In the article below, Syracuse University historian Herbert Ruffin explores the rapid rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement in...
Marguerita Ragsdale (1948- )
Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale was born in April 1948 in Richmond, Virginia to Lillie and Vernon Ragsdale and raised alongside her...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938- )
When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated the 24th president of the Republic of Liberia on January 16, 2006, she became...
Malik Ambar (1548 -1627)
Malik Ambar was among the tens of thousands of men, women, and children captured in Africa and sold into slavery...
