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Africa: Ghana hosts 5th meeting of presidential task force on ECOWAS single currency The summit aimed at assessing progress towards a single regional currency by 2020. ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, was set up in 1975. Government of Ghana (Accra) The Fifth Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the Economic Community […]

South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to return white owned farm land to black citizens RT South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has pledged to return the lands owned by white farmers since the 1600s to the black citizens of the country. The government plans to accelerate land redistribution through expropriation without compensation. “The […]

Remembering Wall Street History: Joseph Searles and Dr. Jerome H. Holland February 13, 2018 marks only 48 years for African Americans on Wall Street. What helped open the door to this late entry into the New York financial sector for African Americans? African Americans had long been college graduates and African Americans had long been […]

Historical Remembrance: The founder of Tuskegee University – Lewis Adams This is a history moment to remember the American entrepreneur and educator, who is often overlooked. Lewis Adams is the founder of what is now Tuskegee University, located in the state of Alabama. Due to the great work of Tuskegee’s founding president Booker T. Washington, […]

Trans-African railway Al Jazeera The African Union has an ambitious plan to connect the port of Dakar in West Africa to the port of Djibouti in East Africa, linking 10 countries, many of them landlocked. The  ambitious plans come with a hope to boost trade on the continent. ____ Video: Trans-African railway line hopes to […]

Early western Europeans had dark skin Scientists finally put a face to Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest complete skeleton from 10,000 years ago. BBC News A cutting-edge scientific analysis shows that a Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark brown skin and blue eyes. Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum extracted DNA from Cheddar Man, Britain’s […]

A look back at a few large military parades around the world A look back at some of the world’s military parades. 1936 Nazi Germany ___ Video: 1936 Nazi Germany -Third Reich Parade ___ 1938 Nazi Germany ___ 1938 Nazi Germany ___ 1939 Nazi Germany ___ The 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler on April 20, […]

When Booker T. Washington visited Durham NC, Duke University and toured the state of North Carolina Booker T. Washington visited the 1896 Durham County Colored Fair and later visited North Carolina in 1910. In 1896, Trinity College suspended classes for half a day so its students could attend the Fair to hear the renowned American […]