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Crispus Attucks Biography
Crispus AttucksAmerican revolutionary patriotBorn: c. 1723Birthplace: Boston Of mixed African and American Indian ancestry, Attucks was the slave of William Brown of Framingham, Mass. Attucks…Gabriel Prosser Biography
Gabriel Prosserslave revolt leaderBorn: c. 1775Birthplace: Henrico County, Virginia An educated slave, Prosser worked as a blacksmith. Inspired by the successful Haitian slave revolt, Prosser…Elliot Richardson 1999 Deaths
Elliot RichardsonAge: 79 U.S. government official who held several high-level government positions in Massachusetts and in Washington. He will be best remembered, though, as the U.S. attorney…Prince Hall Biography
Prince Hall clergyman, abolitionistBorn: 1735Birthplace: Barbados Hall established the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of Boston in 1775. It was the first lodge…Archibald Cox 2004 Deaths
Archibald CoxAge: 92 special prosecutor who was fired by the Nixon administration in the Oct. 1973 “Saturday Night Massacre.” Two months after Cox joined the Watergate investigation, it was…January 1997 News and Events
1997 News Month-By-Month World Two Sentenced to Death in Rwanda Massacre (Jan. 3): Court condemns Hutu men in first attempt to punish those responsible for half a million killings in 1994.…January 1999 News and Events
1999 Month-By-MonthWorldOpposition to Khmer Rouge Trial Denied (Jan. 1): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says earlier comments misinterpreted and that he supports investigation into mass…What Is Boko Haram?
Islamic sect that opposes Western education terrorizes civilians Map of NigeriaRelated Links Nigeria Country Profile 2014 Current Events Map of Africa…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 7
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 6 8 7 SPIRIT: 'I was an infant when my mother went To see an atheist burned. She took me there: The dark-robed priests were met around the pile; The multitude was…Lord Killanin 1999 Deaths
Lord KillaninAge: 84 sixth president of the International Olympic Committee who guided the organization through the turbulent tragedies of the 1970s between the reigns of Avery Brundage and…Trending
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