On 16 July 2020, the Conservative government announced that Maggie had been appointed as one of the Commissioners of the Commission on Race and Ethnic disparities.
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March 20, 2021
MANSA MUSA
In addition to encouraging the arts and architecture, he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a centre of education and people travelled from around the world to study at what would become the Sankore University.
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March 20, 2021
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN
Measha Brueggergosman’s ancestors fled slavery in Connecticut during the American Revolution in the 1780s, settling in Fredricton, New Brunswick
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March 14, 2021
MEGHAN MARKLE: THE RACIST MEDIA COVERAGE THAT MADE HER DECIDE TO LEAVE THE UK
Meghan spoke of the racism that she encountered and which led to her and Harry leaving the UK for good to live in the USA.
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March 8, 2021
MANGOSUTHU GATSHA BUTHELEZI
In 1975 Buthelezi helped to found the Inkatha Freedom Party, a primarily Zulu organization, of which he would become the leader.
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February 26, 2021
MICHAEL X
Michael de Frietas, later known as Michael Abdul Malik and Michael X, was a controversial black revolutionary figure born in Port-au-Spain, Trinidad in 1933. He was mixed-race. Iona Brown, his mother, was working-class and a known African spiritualist in their community in Trinidad. His estranged father, Emmanuel de Frietas, was Portuguese and resided in St. Kitts where he accumulated wealth from his chains …
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February 26, 2021
MENELIK II, EMPEROR
Emperor Menelik II was one of Ethiopia’s greatest leaders, ruling as King and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913. He was born Sahle Miriam on August 17, 1884, in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia. His mother, Woizero Ejigayehu Lemma Adyamo, was a palace servant, and his father was Prince Haile-Melekot, Son of King Sahle Sillasse. During …
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February 26, 2021
MANU DIBANGO
In 1972, he was thrust into the international spotlight with the release of his hugely popular song “Soul Makossa.” His success with this song also made him the first African artist to make the US Top 40 charts. The song was originally a B-side to the anthem for the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament and features Dibango’s saxophone skills.
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February 23, 2021
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
Honored with many awards, Mary McLeod Bethune’s life was celebrated with a memorial statue in Washington DC in 1974, and a postage stamp in 1985. Her final residence is a National Historic Site.
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February 21, 2021
MALCOLM SHABAZZ – REPORT OF THE PASSING OF MALCOLM X’S GRANDSON (2013)
On Friday, a godmother of Malcolm Shabazz, Ruth Clark, said on her Twitter account: “My heart is heavy, yet I find peace that my godson is among the angels.”