The Democratic Republic of the Congo Gains Independence From Belgium - African American Registry

*On this date in 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo gained independence from Belgium.  Patrice Lumumba, leader of the MNC-L, became the first Prime Minister.   In the fallout from the Léopoldville riots, the report of a Belgian parliamentary working group on the future of the Congo was published in which a strong demand for “internal autonomy” was […]

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