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President Obama speaks near the walls of Genbaku Dome in Hiroshima

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http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/775

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-visits-hiroshima-more-than-seven-decades-after-the-worlds-first-atomic-strike/2016/05/27/c7d0d250-23b6-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_hiroshima-330am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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Thank you Prexy Nesbitt

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Albie Sachs                                                                   Prexy Nesbitt

Many thanks to Prexy Nesbitt , a history maker, http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/prexy-nesbitt-39, who spoke at the Mid Maine Global Forum and introduced me to  the story of Albie Sachs and the new South Africa. http://www.softvengeancefilm.com/    It is a story we all need to know .

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/12/06/professor-mandela-was-a-president-for-the-world/

 

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Harriet Tubman has three statues and her face will be on the 20 dollar bill, but not sure about the statue in the US Capitol!

 

 

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http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-women-on-20s-campaign-celebrates-the-harriet-tubman-20

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/harriet-tubman-will-be-on-the-20-bill-but-still-doesnt-rate-a-statue-in-the-capitol/2016/04/21/cc5f533c-07cd-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html

http://marylandnow.org/campaigns/harriet-tubman-statue/