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u couldnt tell
I was unsure
Dr. Mae Jemison (1st Black Female Astronaut in Space)
She's also a Chemical Engineer, Scientist, Physician, with extensive background in engineering, technology, and medical reasearch.
She also speaks fluent Russia, Japanese, and Swahili.
this shyt brings a tear to a G's eye
"Brothers and friends, I am Toussaint L'Ouverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want liberty and equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I am working to make that happen. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight for the same cause."
Battle of Adwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The confrontation between Italy and Ethiopia at Adwa was a fundamental turning point in Ethiopian history," writes Henze. "Though apparent to very few historians at the time, these defeats were the beginning of the decline of Europe as the center of world politics." On a similar note, the Ethiopian historian Bahru Zewde observed that "few events in the modern period have brought Ethiopia to the attention of the world as has the victory at Adwa".
This defeat of a colonial power and the ensuing recognition of African sovereignty became rallying points for later African nationalists during their struggle for decolonization, as well as activists and leaders of the Pan-African movement. As the Afrocentric scholar Molefe Asante explains,
After the victory over Italy in 1896, Ethiopia acquired a special importance in the eyes of Africans as the only surviving African State. After Adowa, Ethiopia became emblematic of African valour and resistance, the bastion of prestige and hope to thousands of Africans who were experiencing the full shock of European conquest and were beginning to search for an answer to the myth of African "inferiority"
TLDR:
Italy tried to take over Ethiopia.
Ethiopia:
Ethiopia puts the beats on Italy.
Ethiopia becomes the sole African nation to survive colonization.
"The confrontation between Italy and Ethiopia at Adwa was a fundamental turning point in Ethiopian history," writes Henze. "Though apparent to very few historians at the time, these defeats were the beginning of the decline of Europe as the center of world politics." On a similar note, the Ethiopian historian Bahru Zewde observed that "few events in the modern period have brought Ethiopia to the attention of the world as has the victory at Adwa".
This defeat of a colonial power and the ensuing recognition of African sovereignty became rallying points for later African nationalists during their struggle for decolonization, as well as activists and leaders of the Pan-African movement. As the Afrocentric scholar Molefe Asante explains,
After the victory over Italy in 1896, Ethiopia acquired a special importance in the eyes of Africans as the only surviving African State. After Adowa, Ethiopia became emblematic of African valour and resistance, the bastion of prestige and hope to thousands of Africans who were experiencing the full shock of European conquest and were beginning to search for an answer to the myth of African "inferiority"
TLDR:
Italy tried to take over Ethiopia.
Ethiopia:
Ethiopia puts the beats on Italy.
Ethiopia becomes the sole African nation to survive colonization.
Dwayne Fields: 'I want the next Attenborough to be a black person' - Profiles - People - The Independent
Dwayne Fields (1st Black British man to reach the North Pole)
Dwayne Fields (1st Black British man to reach the North Pole)
Dwayne Fields: 'I want the next Attenborough to be a black person' - Profiles - People - The Independent
Dwayne Fields (1st Black British man to reach the North Pole)
Gotta tag team on this one!
Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson was an African-American explorer who discovered the North Pole with Robert E. Peary in 1909.
Although, credit should go to Henson seeing how he was there before Peary
That C.A.C was mad lol
"Brothers and friends, I am Toussaint L'Ouverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want liberty and equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I am working to make that happen. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight for the same cause."
I'm mad they won't make a movie about him
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UPTOWN Magazine Cameron Clarke, 18, Receives Perfect SAT Score » UPTOWN Magazine
Let's uplift this young brotha
That's what this thread's all about
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The Golden Age of the Moors by ivan van sertima
World's Great Men of Color by J.A. Rogers
The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (not a history book, but it's an incredible collection of his quotes)
