George Wells Parker (September 18, 1882 - 1931) was an African American political activist who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

"Teach a child or nation that it springs from an inferior race and that is can never hope to overcome that inferiority, and you have made an obedient servant and a community of slaves."

He attended Creighton University in Omaha and became an ardent follower of Marcus Garvey. In 1916 he started helping African Americans resettle in Omaha and by 1917 he helped found the Hamitic League of the World, who in 1918 published his pamphlet Children of the Sun which highlighted the African presence in classical Egyptian, Asian and European civilizations. Creighton University, founded in 1878, is a Jesuit-Catholic college located in Omaha, Nebraska. ... Omaha is the name of some places in the United States: *Omaha, Nebraska (the most familiar one) Omaha, Georgia Omaha, Illinois Omaha, Texas It is also the name of a Native American tribe, after which the city in Nebraska is named; see Omaha (tribe). ... Marcus Garvey (far right) in parade Marcus Mosiah Garvey (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940) was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, crusader for black nationalism, and founder of the UNIA-ACL. He was born in Jamaica. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... See also: Asian and Eurasian World map showing Asia. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... The word civilization (or civilisation) has a variety of meanings related to human society. ...