Miriam Makeba posts
The Washington Post Magazine Resurfacing this story in light of today's events on Capitol Hill: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2014/11/26/how-miriam-careys-u-turn-at-a-white-house-checkpoint-led-to-her-death/?utm_term=.ca966d77771a
108 months ago
Daily Mail Celebrity ‘Nobody tells you that old age is going to be sh***y.'
110 months ago
Mila Alper October 18th – Miriam Hopkins’ birthday.
https://www.stihi.ru/2014/10/23/1877.
113 months ago
HuffPost Politics Ted Cruz's half-sister Miriam died of a drug overdose in 2011.
122 months ago
Mila Alper October 18th – Miriam Hopkins’ birthday.
http://www.stihi.ru/2014/10/23/1877.
125 months ago
Mila Alper October 18th – Miriam Hopkins’ birthday.
http://www.stihi.ru/2014/10/23/1877.
125 months ago
Jezebel Feminist art hero, Miriam Schapiro, passes away at age 91
Feminist Art Hero, Miriam Schapiro, Passes Away
jezebel.com
Miriam Schapiro, a leader of the feminist art movement, has passed away at age 91. Schapiro began her art career as an abstract painter in the 1950s before shifting her focus towards feminist art. In the 1970s, she moved to California to teach at the
Read more ... University of California, San Diego. Along with f…
129 months ago
Eric Sanders Secret Service 'Willful' Violations of Policies Result in Death of Miriam Carey
129 months ago
Eric Sanders (MPD Shooting Report and Anonymous Letter Attached) Miriam Carey's Death Was 'Covered Up' ow.ly/MXwaE
130 months ago

TheRoot.com #RootDisruptor: Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba or “Mama Africa,” was a South African singer and civil rights activist, known for denouncing apartheid on the world stage and campaigning abroad for the end of the oppressive policy. As a result of he
Read more ... r activism, her South African passport was revoked in 1960 by the apartheid regime, and they banned her from returning to her country in 1963. However, the world came to Makeba’s aid and Guinea, Belgium and Ghana issued her international passports. She received passports from six other countries in her lifetime, and was granted honorary citizenship in 10 countries. Despite the success that made her a star, she refused to wear makeup or curl her hair for performances, proudly wearing what came to be known internationally as the “Afro-look.” Her fourth marriage to civil rights activist, Black Panther, and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee leader Stokely Carmichael in 1968 caused controversy in the United States, and her record deals and tours were canceled. The couple then moved to Guinea, and as the apartheid system crumbled, she returned to South Africa for the first time in 1990.
134 months ago
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