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at 9/02/2016

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02^th September2016

Angela Davis Activist, scholar and writer who advocates for the oppressed Angela Davis, born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama, became a master scholar who studied at the Sorbonne. She joined the U.S. Communist Party and was jailed for charges related to a prison outbreak, though ultimately cleared. Known for books like Women, Race & Class, she has

at 8/19/2016

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19^th August2016

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Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur (birth name JoAnee Deborah Byron, married name Joanne Chesimard) was born on July 14, 1947. Shortly after her birth, her mother and father divorced. Consequently, Shakur lived with her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother and grandfather (Lula and Frank Hill), in Jamaica, New York. At the age of three, she moved with

at 7/29/2016

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29^th July2016

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MARCUS GARVEY- Jamaica Civil rights activist ( 17 August 1887- 10 June 1940 ) Born in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey was an orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Garvey advanced a Pan-African philosophy which inspired a global mass movement, known as Garveyism. Garveyism

at 7/22/2016

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22^th July2016

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Paul Bogle- Jamaica Paul Bogle led the last large scale armed rebellion for voting rights and an end to legal discrimination and economic oppression against African Jamaicans. Paul Bogle was born free to Cecelia Bogle, a free woman, and an unknown father in the St. Thomas parish (1822- 24 October 1865). Bogle’s mother soon died and he was raised by

at 7/15/2016

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15^th July2016

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“Kwame Ture” - Trinidad and Tobago Famed civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael was born on June 29, 1941, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Carmichael's parents immigrated to New York when he was a toddler, leaving him in the care of his grandmother until the age of 11, when he followed his parents to the United States.

at 7/08/2016

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08^th July2016

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Some Caribbean Islands celebrate Emancipation day on the 1st August. In the month of July in celebration of their emancipation from their colonial rulers, every week The Steve Biko Foundation will cover prominent activists that emerged from some of the Islands. Walter Anthony Rodney- Guyana Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a prominent Guyanese historian, political activist

at 6/17/2016

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17^th June2016

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SIBONGILE SUSAN MKHABELA Sibongile Susan Mkhabela is a former Student Leader, Executive member of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) and South African Students Movement (SASM) General Secretary – both the driving force behind the nation-wide June 16 1976 revolt. As a former student leader she played a critical role in the June 16 1976 uprisings. In September

at 6/10/2016

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10^th June2016

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MUHAMMAD ALI " THE GREATEST" "People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing." Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American Olympic and professional boxer and activist, widely regarded as one of

at 6/03/2016

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03^th June2016

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Murphy Morobe In commemoration of the June 16th 1976 Uprisings, we will feature activists that were part of the South African Students Movement (SASM). SASM came to national prominence when its members organised the boycotts against Bantu Education, and especially against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction, which resulted in the June 1976 uprising. Murphy Morobe was