Out of Africa and the Myth of Racial Roles in History
The passage argues against British slave sources while praising African civilizations such as Egypt, Mali and Songhay and notes medieval Islam and Portuguese slave trades. It cites Estevanico and du Sable, claiming Africans aided European exploration and that slavery crossed color lines from ancient times to the Americas.
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Egypt
Mesopotamia
Greece
China
Africa
Ghana
Mali
Songhay
Timbuctoo
Europe
Benin
Ife
Iberian Peninsula
New World
Balboa
Pacific
Cortez
Mexico
Estevanico
Arizona
New Mexico
Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable
Chicago
Bartholome de Las Casas
Starvation and Pestilence Rampant in Nigeria Biafra War
Relief agencies report thousands dying from starvation and disease in the Nigeria Biafra conflict as squabbling leaders block dispatch of massive aid including 5 000 tons from the United States. Estimates vary: Oxfam cites about 3 000 deaths daily among women and children, Lagos calls it exaggerated, while Red Cross cites 200 daily and warns it could rise to 1 000 without land relief corridors.
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Louis Nevin
London
Nigeria
Biafra
United States
Britain
Oxford Fund For Famine Relief
Oxfam
Lagos
International Red Cross
Geneva
Odumegwu Ojukwu
U.N
New York
Red Cross
World Council of Churches
Refugee Crisis Deepens Across Biafra Nigeria Border
The Red Cross warns the refugee situation is acute and worsening on both sides of the battle line. It cites about 3% million refugees in 700 camps in Biafra and Nigeria and says only massive overland supplies can provide decisive relief.
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The
Red Cross
Biafra
Nigeria
Rep. Joe Pool Dies After Heart Attack at Houston Airport
U S congressman from Texas Joe Pool 57 a Democratic supporter of Johnson Vietnam policies collapsed and died at Southeast Memorial Baptist Hospital Houston after a heart attack He had backed jail terms for Viet Cong aid and was on the Un American Activities Committee Pool had flown from Los Angeles to inspect postal facilities and was to tour them for the Post Office and Civil Service Committee He was first elected to Congress in 1962 and previously served in the Texas legislature.
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Houston
Pool
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Dallas
Southeast Memorial Baptist Hospital
Fice
Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Congress
Texas
Los Angeles
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
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John Lane
Out of Africa
Cicero
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Ojukwu
Yakubu Gowon
Liberty ST
DIAL
Maxwell House Coffee
RCA Televisions
RCA
Jack Robinson
State Rd
Hwy
Joe Pool
LBJ
Houston, Tex
D-Tex
Washington
Harris Day, ‘County Medical Examiner’s
Rep
LA Crosse ST
Marquardt
Lacrosse ST
Jewel Lory
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