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The Man They Overthrew While He Was Trying to Save Other...
On February 21, 1966, Kwame Nkrumah boarded a plane for Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh had invited him to mediate the Vietnam War. Nkrumah believed...
“When They Found Out I Was Black, Their Interest Dropped”: The...
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner was 12 years old when her family moved to Washington, D.C. Instead of exploring monuments, she walked the halls of...
The Book That Set Africa Ablaze: Frantz Fanon’s “The Wretched of...
The facts, then. In 1961, a dying man in Tunisia wrote a book that would become the bible of decolonization. His name was Frantz...
Three Sisters Who Changed Wrestling Forever: The Forgotten Story of the...
The facts, then. In the 1950s, three sisters from Decatur, Georgia, stepped into a wrestling ring and changed the sport forever. Their names were...
The Man Who Wrote “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” Died with $40...
The facts, then. In 1939, a Zulu migrant worker named Solomon Linda walked into the Gallo Recording Studios in Johannesburg after his shift as...
The Father of the Video Game Cartridge: Jerry Lawson’s Forgotten Legacy
The facts, then. In 1976, a Black engineer from Brooklyn named Gerald "Jerry" Lawson led the team that released the Fairchild Channel F, the...
Cyrille Regis – The Striker Who Got a Bullet in the...
The facts, then. In 1977, a 19-year-old striker from French Guiana signed for West Bromwich Albion. His name was Cyrille Regis. Within two years,...
Arthur Ashe: The Quiet Champion Who Took on Wimbledon, Apartheid, and...
On July 5, 1975, a 31-year-old Black man from Richmond, Virginia, walked onto Centre Court at Wimbledon. He was about to play Jimmy Connors,...
Althea Gibson – The Queen of Wimbledon Who Almost Became a...
In 1957, a 29-year-old woman from Harlem stood on Centre Court at Wimbledon and lifted the trophy. She was the first Black champion in...
The Prime Minister They Dissolved in Acid: Patrice Lumumba’s 65-Year Fight...
The facts, then. On January 17, 1961, a 35-year-old man was led from a jeep at an airport in Elisabethville, Katanga. He had been...
