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The Look-Alike Prisoners Who Revolutionised Forensics – The Strange Case of...
The facts, then. On May 1, 1903, a Black man named Will West arrived at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, to begin...
Marion Stokes – The Woman Who Recorded 35 Years of Television
The facts, then. In November 1979, during the Iranian hostage crisis, an African-American woman in Philadelphia named Marion Stokes did something that would consume...
The Five Nations and Slavery – America’s Forgotten Story
The facts, then. When we think of slavery in America, we picture Southern plantations, the cotton gin, and the Civil War. But there is...
The Tragic Tale of Battling Siki: First African World Champion, Murdered...
In 1922, a Senegalese boxer named Battling Siki walked into a Paris ring as a 10-to-1 underdog. He walked out as the light heavyweight...
Inside the Shadowy World of Economic Hitmen: How a Confessed Insider...
Imagine you are a government leader of a developing country. An American economist in an expensive suit sits across from you, offering a deal...
The Pelindaba Treaty: Africa’s Nuclear-Free Promise and One Island Loophole
In 1996, African nations did something remarkable. Less than a decade after the Cold War ended and only a few years after South Africa...
