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Robinson was an African-American civil rights activist who disappeared around 25 April 1973 during the Wounded Knee Protests on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In 2014, the FBI said it had concluded from witness statements that Robinson was killed by American Indian Movement militants and he was "buried in the hills".
Khazanov, a Russian–American mathematical child prodigy who was one of the youngest students to submit a perfect paper for the 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad, went missing after going out with his mountain bike, leaving behind a letter claiming that he was "going to the library". At the time of his disappearance, he was suffering ...
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
Muhammad Ali's name change from Cassius Clay in 1964 helped inspire the popularity of Muslim names within African-American culture. Islam has been an influence on African-American names. Islamic names entered African-American culture with the rise of the Nation of Islam among black Americans with its focus upon black supremacy and separatism.
It includes African-American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American women . It includes American women that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
List of African American suffragists; List of African-American LGBT people; List of African-American pioneers in desegregation of higher education; List of African-American United States Cabinet members; List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates; List of African-American United States representatives
First African-American woman to become an Episcopal Priest. [2] [3] Books, articles and poems published include: Angel of Desert, Dark Testament, Negroes are Fed Up, States Laws on Race and Color, Proud Shoes: The Story of An American Family. [2] Died of cancer on July 1, 1985. [2] [3] Applied to Columbia University but was rejected because of ...
In contrast, when stories of African-American women meeting similar fates in just as harrowing circumstances were brought up, the number of supporters and advocates seemed to decrease; female victim's names and stories are generally less recognized than the male victims. [34] #SayHerName aims to raise awareness of how sexism and racism ...