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John Africa (July 26, 1931 – May 13, 1985), born Vincent Leaphart, was the founder of MOVE, a Philadelphia-based, predominantly black organization active from the early 1970s and still active.
Lewis Tappan (May 23, 1788 – June 21, 1873) was an American abolitionist who helped to secure freedom for the enslaved Africans aboard the Amistad.He was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, into a Calvinist household.
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial or ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. [3] [4] African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the US after White Americans. [5]
Yorubaland on Africa's West Coast. Garnet and Delany collaborated with other Black New Yorkers to establish the African Civilization Society (ACS) in September 1858. [2] [5] The group envisioned Black colonists emigrating from the US to the West African region of Yorubaland, where they would propagate Christianity and promote Westernization to the indigenous peoples of Africa. [2]
On December 1, 1961, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) published a 288-page book entitled Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications. [1] This massive list, annotated with notes documenting the first official government mention of alleged communist affiliation, superseded a very similar list published on January 2, 1957. [1]
The Black Ferns are in Ireland's World Cup group along with Japan and Spain but Bemand's side have reason to be confident having also beaten Australia and the USA in their most recent run of games.
Nigeria gained its independence from Britain on 1 October 1960 [1] and it was recognized by the United States.Nigeria's long history dates back to the 15th century where it was discovered by the Portuguese navigators in 1472, the slaves were brought to the American colonies from their homeland of West Africa, which has earned Nigeria as a Slave Coast.
The Recording Industry association of America named it one of the Songs of the Century. It is interesting that the Pine Ridge Boys recorded the song on Aug. 22, 1939, and released it on Oct. 6, 1939.