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Category: 2011 International Year for People of African Descent

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  Report on 2011 International Year Part 6: International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination

  The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination began as a commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre that took place in South Africa, March 21, 1960.

  March 19, 2011
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  Black History Month: What Would Du Bois Do Today?

  Think about both the challenges and the opportunities facing African Americans in the 21st century and the question of what a great 20th century scholar and humanitarian like W.E.B. Du Bois would do in an age such as ours becomes extremely relevant.

  February 24, 2011
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  Report on 2011 International Year part 5: Haiti’s Poetics of Pain and Resilience

  At this point, the primary push in the country is to recover not only from the earthquake of 2010, but as U.N. General Secretary Ki-Moon noted, from the cholera epidemic which followed and claimed another 3,300 lives.

  February 22, 2011
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  Hillary Clinton Gives 2011 International Year for People of African Descent a Needed Boost

  In her message, Clinton described this milestone event as “an opportunity for all of us around the globe to celebrate the diversity of our societies and to honor the contributions that our fellow citizens of African descent make every day to the economic, social and political fabrics of our communities.”

  February 5, 2011