President Thomas Jefferson kicked off the country’s westward expansion in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, which at some 828,000 square miles nearly doubled the size of the United States and stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
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April 10, 2021
UK RECORD ON RACISM: UN EXPERT CONDEMNS ENTRENCHED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION & INEQUALITY IN THE UK (2019)
Ms. E. Tendayi Achiume is the fifth Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. She was appointed by the Human Rights Council in September 2017 and took up her functions as Special Rapporteur on 1 November 2017.
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April 10, 2021
UK RECORD ON RACISM: SIGNATORY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (1966)
Considering that all human beings are equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law against any discrimination and against any incitement to discrimination.
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August 18, 2020
USAIN ST. LEO BOLT
Arguably the most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen, Usain St Leo Bolt, created history at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio when he achieved the ‘Triple Triple’, three gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games.
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August 6, 2020
UGANDA NATIONAL ANTHEM
For our own dear land
We’ll always stand
The Pearl of Africa’s Crown.
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July 13, 2020
UN Decade for People of African Descent
The objectives for the Decade are to, “Promote respect, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by people of African Descent.
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July 13, 2020
UN Convention
Reaffirming that discrimination between human beings on the grounds of race, colour or ethnic origin…is capable of disturbing peace and security among peoples and the harmony of persons living side by side even within one and the same State,