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Perrish Grignon, who visited Chicago in about 1794, described Point du Sable as a large man and wealthy trader. [29] Point du Sable's granddaughter, Eulalie Pelletier, was born at his Chicago River settlement in 1796. [30] In 1800 Point du Sable sold his farm to John Kinzie's frontman, Jean La Lime, for 6,000 livres.
James Arthur Baldwin ( né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by TIME magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels. [ 1]
Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; [ a] October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008), also known as W. Deen Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Muhammad and Imam Warith Deen, was an African-American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker. He was a son of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam from ...
Anukulchandra Chakravarty. Yuga Purusottom Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra (14 September 1888 – 27 January 1969), popularly known as Sree Sree Thakur, was a physician, a philosopher, a spiritual leader [ 1][ 2][ 3] and the founder of Satsang, in Deoghar. [ 4][ 5] He was born in a Brahmin family. [ 6]
Nation of Islam. Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. [ 1] Louis Farrakhan 's headquarters are not on the premises. The building was originally the Saints Constantine and ...
Mohammad Ali Jauhar. Muhammad Ali Jauhar Khan (10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931) was an Indian Muslim freedom activist, a pre-eminent member of Indian National Congress, journalist and a poet, a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Jauhar was a member of the Aligarh Movement ...
The late congressman and civil rights giant John Lewis will be honored with a postage stamp in 2023, the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday. The design for the stamp uses a photograph taken by ...
t. e. Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, Munir Nawaz Jang, also known as Syed Mehdi Ali ( Urdu: نواب محسن الملک، منیر نواز جنگ، سید مہدی علی) (born 9 December 1837 – 16 October 1907), was an Indian Muslim politician. He was a close friend of Syed Ahmed Khan, was involved in the Aligarh Movement and was one of the ...