April 27, 1963 William Edward Bughardt Du Bois, civil rights activist, historian, and author, died. Du Bois was born February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In 1888, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fisk University. He went on to Harvard University where he earned another Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in […]
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William Edward Bughardt Du Bois – April 27th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on April 27, 2011 in African American History, April, Author, Civil Rights
Tags: April 27, February 23, Fisk University, Harvard University
Kwame Nkrumah – April 27th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on April 27, 2011 in African American History, April, Politics
Tags: April 27, Lincoln University, September 21, University of Pennsylvania
April 27, 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, died. Nkrumah was born September 21, 1909 in Nkroful, Gold Coast (Ghana). In 1935, he came to the United States to further his education, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1939 and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1942 from Lincoln University and a Master […]
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