Month: September 2019
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Chessington is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston.
Chessington is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London. Historically part of Surrey, today it is the largest salient of Greater London into that county. As of the 2011 Census it had a population…
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Medgar Evers
You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea. American civil rights activist DescriptionMedgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state’s field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who…
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Richard Allen – Journalist, Author, Minister
“This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and the gospel is free.” Born in 1760, Richard Allen later bought his…
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Mary Church Terrell
With courage, born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of the responsibility which we shall continue to assume, we look forward to a future large with promise and hope. Seeking no favors because of our color,…
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Reginald Lewis America’s First Black Billion Dollar Businessman
American businessman Description Reginald F. Lewis, was an American businessman. He was one of the richest African-American men in the 1980s, and the first African American to build a billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.Wikipedia Born: 7 December 1942, Baltimore,…
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Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. … Madam C. J. Walker American entrepreneur DescriptionSarah Breedlove, known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist. Walker was…
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Fannie Lou Hamer – “Until I am Free You are Not Free Either”Fannie Lou Hamer: A Civil Rights Heroine and Her Journey Through Music
Fannie Lou Hamer was known for her powerful singing voice and often used music as a tool to inspire and motivate people in the civil rights movement. Some of her most famous songs include:
