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Shirley Chisolm

January 25, 2020

Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm was the first black woman elected into the United States Congress. She also was the first Black to run for President of the United States.  January 25, 1972, Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm declared her presidential bid.  Did you know Congresswoman Chisolm survived three assassination attempts during her campaign?

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The Black Emperor of the World

November 24, 2019

Lucius Septimius Severus (145-211 A.D.)  The Black Emperor of the World (193-211 A.D.)  One of the first Black men to rule the world was Lucius Septimius Severus. The world, as the ancients knew it, was divided into three geographical areas: Roman Britain, Roman Asia, and Roman Africa. Septimius Severus, an African, was born in Leptis […]

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The Black War Tasmanian Holocaust

August 27, 2019

By Dannie Gore For 10,000 years the population of the island of Tasmania lived in complete isolation from the rest of humanity. In 1803 when the government of Britain began to settle Australia with criminals, they relocated many for severe crimes, from the mainland to the island of Tasmania. With the sanction of the British […]

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