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Smith and Carlos’ personal and professional life were affected for years after using the 1968 Olympics medal presentation to show support for persecuted Black people around the world.

The Greensboro sit-in movement quickly extended to Southern college towns. Despite the fact that many of the demonstrators were detained for trespassing, disruptive behavior,

For the first time in Mexico’s history, Afro-Mexicans have been recognized and counted in accordance with their unique ancestry.

Newspaper reports tallied between 8 and 22 were killed at the slocum massacre. All were African-Americans. But the real number of fatalities is unknown. There is evidence to suggest African-American casualties could be as high as 200.

The surviving citizens of Rosewood did not return after the Rosewood massacre, fearful that the horrific bloodshed would recur.

Despite having no relation to the family, some recently released Black people who could read chose unusual surnames they had seen in newspapers.

Yekatit 12 is a date in the Ethiopian calendar, equivalent to 19 February in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used to refer to the indiscriminate massacre, known as the Addis Ababa massacre.

Afro-Uruguayans also founded social clubs, political clubs, dancing and recreational groups, literary and drama societies, and civic organizations (PAN).

Redoshi known as Sally Smith after becoming enslaved, in an instructional film released by the Department of Agriculture in 1938 called “The Negro Farmer: Extension Work for Better Farming and Better Living.”

The son of Frederick Douglass, purchased the Highland property after being turned away from another Maryland resorts. The first black community in the state to incorporate was Highland in 1922.