Sojourner Truth
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African American History
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks Biography (c. 1723–1770) UPDATED: AUG 13, 2019 ORIGINAL: JAN 19, 2018 Crispus Attucks was an African American man
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Hattie McDaniel: First Black Actress To Win An Oscar
Hattie McDaniel Biography (1893–1952) UPDATED: OCT 22, 2019 ORIGINAL: JAN 25, 2018 Actress and radio performer Hattie McDaniel became the first
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Mary Fields AMERICAN PIONEER WRITTEN BY: Patricia Bauer See Article History Alternative Title: Stagecoach Mary Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach
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Fanny Jackson Coppin: Educator and Missionary
Fanny Jackson Coppin Teacher, principal, lecturer, missionary to Africa, and warrior against the most cruel oppression, Fanny Jackson Coppin conquered
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Cathay Williams: First Black Woman To Enlist In U.S. Army By Posing As A Man
Image courtesy of U.S. Army Quick Facts SIGNIFICANCE:Private Cathay Williams was the only woman to serve in the US Army
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Madam C. J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker Biography (1867–1919) UPDATED: MAR 18, 2020 ORIGINAL: FEB 28, 2018 Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Who Was
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The African Discovery Of America
Evidence of Africans sailing to the Americas years before Columbus has been presented by several respected scholars over the years.
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Onesimus, The Enslaved African That Taught Whites About Vaccinations
https://youtu.be/bRV8P_yaIzE FEB 1, 2019 How an African Slave in Boston Helped Save Generations from Smallpox ERIN BLAKEMORE Corbis/Getty Images https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-onesimus-slave-cotton-mather
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Eunice Carter Story: How A Black Lawyer Took Down Perhaps The Biggest Mob Boss In History
EUNICE CARTER Born: July 16, 1899, Atlanta, GeorgiaDied: January 25, 1970, New York CityNicknames: NoneAssociations: Thomas Dewey, Lucky Luciano Eunice
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