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Senegalese Pres. Léopold Senghor addressing the United Nations General Assembly, 1961
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Senegalese Pres. Léopold Senghor addressing the United Nations General Assembly, 1961
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - president of Liberia - at the official release of the No Ceilings Full Participation Report which coincides with the start of the 59th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on March 9, 2015 in New York City. Global and community leaders participated in the program which looked to highlight the findings showing 20 years of global data compiled by No Ceilings reveals that there is more to done to achieve "full and equal participation" of women and girls worldwide.
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Jacques L. Hymans, Léopold Sédar Senghor: An Intellectual Biography (1971), focuses on his political career. Literary analyses are found in Janice Spleth, Léopold Sédar Senghor (1985), a concise introductory survey. Janet G. Vaillant, Black, French, and African: A Life of Léopold Sédar Senghor (1990), offers a comprehensive approach.

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Anniversary information added. Dec 16, 2025
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Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of L�opold S�dar Senghor. Nov 14, 2019
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Obituary of L�opold Senghor. Dec 21, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - L�opold Senghor Dies at 95; Senegal's Poet of N�gritude. Dec 21, 2016
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of L�opold S�dar Senghor. Mar 13, 2013
Added new Web site: African Success - Biography of L�opold S�dar Senghor. Oct 24, 2008
Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of L�opold S�dar Senghor. Oct 24, 2008
Added new Web site: Cultural China - History - Biography of Laozi. Oct 24, 2008
Article revised and updated. Aug 25, 2006
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