Black past and the world (BP Fundraiser, Oct. 26, 2019)
1. BlackPast and The World
One Hundred Images from Global African History
Their Stories can be found on BlackPast.org
The Swedish Club
Seattle Washington
Saturday, October 26, 2019
9. COTE D’ IVORIE
President & Mrs. Felix
Houphouet-Boigny and
President & Mrs. John F.
Kennedy at First State
Dinner in the White
House for Visiting Head
of State in the Kennedy
Administration, 1961.
10. KENYA
President Jomo Kenyetta (1894-1978) and Thurgood
Marshall, Future U.S. Supreme Court Justice, during
Marshall’s Visit to Kenya, 1967.
11. SENEGAL
Classroom at Cheikh Anta Diop University founded in
1957 and named after the leading scientist of Africa.
26. NAMIBIA
Battle of Waterberg, 1904
The Battle, initially a defeat of the
German Army by the Herero
People, led to the subsequent
massacre of 60,000 Herero.
27. COTE D’ IVOIRE
Didier Yapi (1976-2015) Computer and Software Designer.
Among his many inventions was the “invisible keyboard.”
29. BlackPast By the Numbers
Growth of Visitors to BlackPast.org 2007-2019
(According to Google)
Unique Total
2007 166, 421 199,645
2010 1,120,280 1,316,247
2015 3,385,802 4,473,287
2018 4,615,133 4,670,773
Life of Website (Since Feb. 1, 2007):
29,056,818 32,622,719
30. BlackPast By the Numbers
Nations and Cities Which Sent the Most Visitors to
BlackPast.org, Since Jan. 1 (According to Google)
Nations:
1. United States 2,939,043
2. United Kingdom 79,757
3. Nigeria 63,764
3. Canada 63,110
5. South Africa 30,021
6. Australia 25,635
7. India 18,735
8. Germany 16,533
9. Kenya 12,015
10. France 12,850
Cities:
1. New York 143,581
2. (not set) 118,995
3. Chicago 87,213
4. Los Angeles 63,663
5. Washington, D.C. 63,068
6. Atlanta 60,585
7. Lagos (Nigeria) 48,892
8. Houston 47,651
9. Philadelphia 44,339
10. Dallas 40,225
13. Seattle 26,901
31. The Global Reach of BlackPast.org
Nations that Have Not Sent Visitors to BlackPast Since Jan.
1: North Korea and The Central African Republic
53. GERMANY
Statue of Anton Wilhelm Amo
and his wife at the University of
Halle. In 1734 Amo, a native of
Guinea, became the first
person of African ancestry to
receive a Ph.D.
95. ITALY
Michele Amatore (1826-1883)
Fought in Three Wars of Italian
Independence Between 1848 and
1866. Rose to the Rank of Captain
and later suppressed banditry in
Southern Italy and Sicily. Was
Made a Knight of the Crown of Italy.
96. POLAND
John Abraham Godson
(1970- ) Member of
the Polish Parliament.
In 2004 he became the
first person of African
ancestry to win elective
office in Poland.
105. SLOVENIA
John Kitzmiller (1913-
1965). In 1957 Kitzmiller
won the best male actor
award at the Cannes
Film Festival for his
work in the Slovenian
Film: Valley of Peace.