Sputnik News: “Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said during a speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday that reparations should be paid by those who engaged in the transatlantic slave trade in Africa. “Reparations must be paid for the slave trade,” Akufo-Addo said.” https://en.sputniknews.africa/20230920/ghana-president-calls-for-reparations-on-african-slavery-in-unga-speech-1062246935.html Transatlantic Slave Trade Timeline 1480sThe Portuguese populate their island coloniesContinue reading “Ghana President: “Reparations on African Slavery” in UNGA Speech”
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History of the Morse Code transmit to Baltimore.
A variant called the International Morse Code was devised by a conference of European nations in 1851 to account for letters with diacritic marks. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/may-24/#:~:text=On%20May%2024%2C%201844%2C%20Samuel,young%20daughter%20of%20a%20friend. Samuel F.B. Morse This Day in History. May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. The message,Continue reading “History of the Morse Code transmit to Baltimore.”
“The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education.”
“On May 17, 1954, lawyer Thurgood Marshall scored a landmark victory as the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.” U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the SupremeContinue reading ““The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education.””
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