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  2. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS - Wikipedia

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    Black Flags has been praised by journalists.Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called it a "gripping new book" and wrote, "Mr. Warrick [...] has a gift for constructing narratives with a novelistic energy and detail, and in this volume, he creates the most revealing portrait yet laid out in a book of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the founding father of the organization that would become the ...

  3. History of flags - Wikipedia

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    Tradition holds that a black flag was flown by Muhammad during the Conquest of Mecca, in the 7th century, and that his followers flew green flags. There is evidence of such standards being used by the grandsons of Muhammad during the Rashidun Caliphate onward which were generally triangular and flown from a vertical flag pole.

  4. Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of ...

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    While the essay was an important contribution to economics and population growth, recent attention has focused on the final two paragraphs. Franklin was alarmed by the influx of German immigrants to Pennsylvania. The German immigrants were lacking in a liberal political tradition, the English language, and Anglo-American culture.

  5. How the Clenched Fist Became a Black Power Symbol

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    There’s a shirt that depicts three clenched fists raised in solidarity on sale at the Black Lives Matter store, and the enduring symbol is echoed in the organization’s mission statement ...

  6. Black Standard - Wikipedia

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    Islamic tradition states that the Quraysh had a black liwāʾ and a white-and-black rāya. [4] It further states that Muhammad had an ʿalam in white nicknamed "the Young Eagle" (العقاب, al-ʿuqāb); and a rāya in black, said to be made from his wife Aisha's head-cloth. [5] This larger flag was known as the Eagle. [6]

  7. Black nationalism - Wikipedia

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    Writer Frantz Fanon fought on the side of the Allies during WWII, and spent several years in France, where his experiences of racism led him to write his first book, Black Skin, White Masks. An analysis of the impact of colonial subjugation on the African psyche, it changed the way people thought of Blackness more generally.

  8. What Is 'Ash Wednesday' and Why Is It Celebrated? - AOL

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    Related: Be a Beacon of Hope and Joy by Internalizing These 50 Prayers for Peace Is Ash Wednesday in the Bible? As previously stated, while the holy day itself is not mentioned in scripture, dust ...

  9. Pan-Africanism - Wikipedia

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    The red, black and green flag, associated with Pan-Africanism and designed by the UNIA in 1920. Flag of the Arab Islamic Republic , sometimes associated with Pan-Maghrebism. Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous peoples and diasporas of African ancestry .