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(Image is from Daily Mail Uk) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325467/Juan-Rodriguez-New-Yorks-immigrant-honoured-mile-stretch-Broadway.html Juan Rodriguez was one of the first documented non-indigenous inhabitants to live on Manhattan Island.As such, he is considered the first non-native resident…
William Augustus Greenlee (December 26, 1893 – July 7, 1952) was a highly successful businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was born and raised in Marion, North Carolina. After migrating to…
Uncle Tom is the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The character was seen by many readers as a ground-breaking humanistic portrayal of a slave,…
In Ancient Egyptian society, hair was an embodiment of identity. It could carry religious and erotic significance and portray information about gender, age, and social status.
Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an American inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer…
Muhumusa was a feared leader of the east African Nyabingi spiritual practice, which was influential in Rwanda and Uganda from 1850 to 1950. Muhumusa is said to have been a…
Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey has been claimed to be the first African-American to vote in an election under the…
Suffrage in New Jersey was available to most women and African Americans immediately upon the formation of the state. The first New Jersey state constitution (of 1776) allowed any person…