| Article Name
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Description
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| Abernathy, Ralph David
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American civil rights leader
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| Abu Ghraib Prison
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1950's - 2014 prison in central Iraq
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| Active Camouflage
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Adaptive concealment technology
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| Africana Philosophy
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Philosophical study within Africana studies
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| Ahmed Baba Institute
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Islamic research institute in Mali
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| Alani Dr. Samira
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Iraqi doctor and activist
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| Algorithmic bias
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Systemic bias in algorithms
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| Ali, Dusé Mohamed
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Sudanese-Egyptian nationalist
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| Anansi
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West African folktale character
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| Anderson, Viv
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First black footballer for England
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| Aponte, José Antonio
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Leader of Cuban slave rebellion
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| Attucks, Crispus
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First martyr of the Boston Massacre
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| Baker, Sara Josephine
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American physician and public health pioneer
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| Baldwin, James
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American writer and civil rights activist
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| Bali Tiger
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Extinct tiger subspecies
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| Bamiyan Buddhas
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Destroyed statues in Afghanistan
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| Banku
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Ghanaian fermented food
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| Batman: The Unseen
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Comic book miniseries
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| Becoming Visible: The First Black Lesbian Conference
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1980 Black lesbian conference
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| Biko, Alice
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South African anti-apartheid activist
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| Biko, Steve
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South African anti-apartheid activist
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| Biltong
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South African dried meat snack
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| Black Madonna
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Artistic depiction of Mary and Jesus
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| Black Star Line
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Garveyist shipping company
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| Bogle, Paul
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Jamaican Baptist deacon and rebel leader
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| Br’er Rabbit
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Folktale character
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| Buffalo Soldier
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African-American regiments
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| Burning Spear
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Reggae musician
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| Butler, Milo B.
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Governor-general of Bahamas
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| Capleton
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Jamaican musician
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| Carver, George Washington
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American botanist and inventor
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| Center for Disability Rights
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Advocacy organization for people with disabilities
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| Chaff
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Protective casing of seeds
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| Chisholm, Shirley
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American politician
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| Coachman, Alice
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Olympic high jumper
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| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
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English composer
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| Crabtree, Andrea Y. Motley
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First African-American female commercial diver
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| Crested Shelduck
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Endangered bird species
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| Cuffe, Paul
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American businessman and abolitionist
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| Damnatio Memoriae
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Roman practice of erasing memory
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| Dark Matter
|
Hypothetical form of matter
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| Davis, J. Steward
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American philosopher and author
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| Deberry, Clifton
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American socialist and activist
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| Delalande’s Coua
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Extinct bird species
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| Diallo, Amadou
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Guinean immigrant shot by NYPD
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| Diallo, Kadiatou
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Mother of Amadou Diallo
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| Diotima Of Mantinea
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Ancient Greek philosopher
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| Dlamini-Zuma, Nkosazana
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South African politician and activist
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| Domestic labor
|
Household work
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| Dos Palmares, Zumbi
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Leader of runaway slave community in Brazil
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| Dub
|
Genre of music from reggae
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| Ebadi, Shirin
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Iranian lawyer and activist
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| Edmonstone, John
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Former slave who taught Charles Darwin
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| Elisabeth, Princess Palatine of Bohemia
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German noblewoman and scholar
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| Faris, Muhammed Ahmed
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Syrian astronaut
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| Fawkes, Randol
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Bahamian political leader
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| Firmin, Anténor
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Haitian anthropologist
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| Forde, Evan B.
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American oceanographer
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| Franklin, Rosalind
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British biophysicist
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| Freeman, Elizabeth
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American abolitionist
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| Frogmouths
|
Bird species
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| G_D Incarnate
|
Representation of God in human form
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| Gaines, Lloyd L.
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African-American civil rights leader
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| Garrido, Juan
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African conquistador
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| Garvey, Marcus
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Jamaican political leader
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| Glass Frog
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Transparent frog species
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| Glasswing Butterfly
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Butterfly species
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| Gregory, Dick
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American comedian and civil rights activist
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| Harlem Cultural Festival
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Music festival in Harlem
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| Hayden, Robert
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American poet
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| Henson, Matthew Alexander
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First African-American Arctic explorer
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| Higa, Karin
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American curator and art historian
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| Hobson, Julius
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American politician
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| Homo Cepranensis
|
Ancient human species
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| Homo Floresiensis
|
Ancient human species
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| Honshu Wolf
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Extinct wolf species
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| Hope, St. Elmo Sylvester
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Jazz pianist
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| Houénou, Kojo Tovalou
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Beninese politician
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| Human Migration out of Africa
|
Migration of humans from Africa
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| Humetewa, Diane
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First Native American woman to serve as federal judge
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| Hydra Cluster
|
Galaxy cluster
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| I Know It When I See It
|
Legal phrase about obscenity
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| Ibn Ali, Hasaan
|
American jazz pianist
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| Ibn Gabirol, Solomon
|
Medieval Jewish philosopher
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| Icaro
|
Traditional South American songs
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| Iceberg Flipped Over
|
Phenomenon of flipped iceberg
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| Incorporeality
|
State of having no physical body
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| Indiana Women’s Prison
|
First women’s prison in Indiana
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| Infinitesimal
|
Infinitely small quantity
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| Invisible Archives of the Portuguese Dictatorship
|
Secret archives from Portuguese dictatorship
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| Javan Tiger
|
Extinct tiger species
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| Johnson, Katherine
|
NASA mathematician
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| Johnson, Marsha P.
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American LGBTQ+ rights activist
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| Jordan, Barbara
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American politician and civil rights leader
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| Kincaid, Jamaica
|
Antiguan-American writer
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| King Tubby
|
Jamaican sound engineer
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| Kingdom of Benin
|
Pre-colonial African kingdom
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| Kitanemuk
|
Indigenous people of California
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| Koch Snowflake
|
Mathematical curve
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| Kryptopterus Vitreolus
|
Glass catfish species
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| Lacks, Henrietta
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Woman whose cells were used for medical research
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| Lamarr, Hedy
|
Austrian-American actress and inventor
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| Latimer, Lewis Howard
|
African-American inventor and draftsman
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| Lawrence Jr., Robert Henry
|
First African-American astronaut
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| Leavitt, Henrietta Swan
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American astronomer
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| Leers, Luisita
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German trapeze artist
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| Leschi, Chief
|
Leader of the Nisqually people
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| Lewis, John Robert
|
American civil rights leader
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| Lion of Judah
|
Symbol in Rastafarian movement
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| Little, Louise Helen
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Mother of Malcolm X
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| Liu Xiaobo
|
Chinese human rights activist and Nobel laureate
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| Louverture, Toussaint
|
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
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| Macaroni and Cheese
|
Popular comfort food
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| Malcolm X
|
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist
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| Manzolini, Anna Morandi
|
Italian anatomist and sculptor
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| Maroons
|
Communities of escaped slaves
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| Mascarene Parrot
|
Extinct parrot species
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| McKinney, Nina Mae
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African-American actress
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| Micheaux, Oscar
|
African-American filmmaker and author
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| Miller, Kelly
|
African-American mathematician and sociologist
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| Minos
|
Mythical king of Crete
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| Mokèlé-Mbèmbé
|
Legendary water-dwelling creature
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| Moondog
|
American composer and musician
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| Morris, Lawrence Douglas "Butch"
|
American cornetist and composer
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| Nagamasa, Yamada
|
Japanese adventurer and samurai
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| Négritude
|
Literary and ideological movement
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| Negro American Labor Council
|
African-American labor organization
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| Newton’s Parakeet
|
Extinct parrot species
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| Niño, Pedro Alonso
|
Spanish explorer of African descent
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| Norgay, Tenzing
|
Sherpa mountaineer who first reached Mount Everest summit
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| Nzinga, Queen Ana
|
17th-century African queen
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| Oak Ridge, Tennessee
|
American city significant in the Manhattan Project
|
| Oba of Benin
|
Title for the ruler of the Kingdom of Benin
|
| Onilova, Nina Andreyevna
|
Soviet sniper in World War II
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| Patent Racism
|
Systemic exclusion in intellectual property law
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| Payton Jr., Philip A.
|
African-American real estate entrepreneur
|
| Peopleless Protest
|
Demonstration without participants
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| Péralte, Charlemagne Masséna
|
Haitian nationalist leader
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| Peters, Thomas
|
African-American leader of the Black Loyalists
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| Phoolan Devi
|
Indian bandit and politician
|
| Pindling, Sir Lynden Oscar
|
First Prime Minister of the Bahamas
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| Powers, Harriet
|
African-American folk artist and quilt maker
|
| Qiu Jin
|
Chinese revolutionary and feminist
|
| Quagga
|
Extinct subspecies of plains zebra
|
| Quantum Gravity
|
Field of theoretical physics
|
| Reparations
|
Compensation for past injustices
|
| Rohingya Genocide
|
Ongoing genocide against the Rohingya people
|
| Russell, Ophlin
|
Reggae musician, better known as “I-Roy”
|
| Sage Philosophy
|
African philosophical tradition
|
| Sailing Alone Around the World
|
Book by Joshua Slocum
|
| Sao Zheng Yi
|
Ancient Chinese philosopher
|
| Seacole, Mary
|
Jamaican nurse and businesswoman
|
| Selassie, Haile
|
Emperor of Ethiopia
|
| Severus, Septimius
|
Roman emperor
|
| Simone, Nina
|
American singer and civil rights activist
|
| Smalls, Robert
|
African-American Civil War hero and politician
|
| Straughan, Jane
|
English suffragette and social reformer
|
| Su Song
|
Chinese polymath
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| Subaltern
|
Concept in postcolonial studies
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| Sykes-Picot Agreement
|
Secret 1916 agreement between Britain and France
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| Taweret
|
Ancient Egyptian goddess
|
| Taylor, George Edwin
|
African-American politician
|
| Temple, Lewis
|
African-American blacksmith and inventor
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| Temple of Baalshamin
|
Ancient temple in Syria
|
| Tereshkova, Valentina
|
First woman in space
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| Terrell, Mary Church
|
African-American civil rights activist
|
| Tharpe, Rosetta
|
Gospel singer and guitarist
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| The Spook Who Sat by the Door
|
Novel by Sam Greenlee
|
| Thylacine
|
Extinct carnivorous marsupial
|
| Tokyo Reels
|
Collection of radical Japanese films
|
| Tongva Language
|
Language of the Tongva people
|
| Tubman, Harriet
|
American abolitionist and political activist
|
| Tupinambá
|
Indigenous people of Brazil
|
| Unionville, Nevada
|
Ghost town in Nevada
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| Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
|
Black nationalist fraternal organization
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| Unknown Unknowns
|
Concept in risk management
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| Van Der Zee, James
|
American photographer
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| Vasubandhu
|
Indian Buddhist philosopher
|
| Walcott, Derek
|
Saint Lucian poet and playwright
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| Wari Kayán
|
Indigenous people of the Amazon
|
| Wheatley, Phillis
|
First published African-American poet
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| Wheaton, John Francis
|
African-American lawyer and politician
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| Williams, Mercy
|
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| Wills, Frank
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Security guard who discovered Watergate break-in
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| Wollstonecraft, Mary
|
English writer and advocate of women's rights
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| Woodson, Carter Godwin
|
Father of Black History Month
|
| Woolly Rhinoceros
|
Extinct species of rhinoceros
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| World Institute on Disability
|
Nonprofit organization promoting accessibility
|
| Wu Zetian
|
Only female emperor of China
|
| Xaghra Stone Circle
|
Prehistoric archaeological site in Malta
|
| Xerces Blue
|
Extinct species of butterfly
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| Yalow, Rosalyn
|
American medical physicist
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| Yasuke
|
African samurai in Japan
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| Yates, Josephine Silone
|
African-American educator and writer
|
| Zombie
|
Mythical undead being
|
| Zoo Hypothesis
|
Hypothesis in the search for extraterrestrial life
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