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Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
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1837
Three African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – Daaga, Edward Coffin and Maurice Ogston – were executed for…
Three African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – Daaga, Edward Coffin and Maurice Ogston – were executed for their role in the St. Joseph Mutiny in the British colony of Trinidad.
1837
Daaga and two other African soldiers in the British Army's 1st West India Regiment were executed for their role in the…
Daaga and two other African soldiers in the British Army's 1st West India Regiment were executed for their role in the St. Joseph Mutiny in Trinidad.
1169
Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs…
Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin.
1981
Chantal Djotodia, Beninese-Central African nurse and politician
Chantal Djotodia, Beninese-Central African nurse and politician
1955
Emmett Till, African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (born 1941)
Emmett Till, African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (born 1941)
1955
African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman,…
African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
1834
A race riot in Philadelphia, United States, destroyed African-American businesses and killed two people.
A race riot in Philadelphia, United States, destroyed African-American businesses and killed two people.
1981
Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
1995
Three African-American U.S. sea servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa raped a 12-year-old local girl, after…
Three African-American U.S. sea servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa raped a 12-year-old local girl, after kidnapping, beating, and torturing her.
1957
Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending…
Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High School (pictured).
1874
Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954)
Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954)
1963
Baptist Church bombing: Four children are killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama,…
Baptist Church bombing: Four children are killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
1846
George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (died 1910)
George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (died 1910)
1963
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing…
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls and injuring at least 14 other people (memorial march pictured).
1861
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
1900
Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (died 1986)
Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (died 1986)
1979
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.