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1And I and I / must admitthat the sea in youhas sung / to the sea / in meand I and I / must admitthat...
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In the firelit streets, captive Africans move as one—armed, resolute, and unbowed—turning a city built on their bondage into a battlefield for freedom....
Robert Smalls: Civil War Hero
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Ten Powerful Quotes by Booker T. Washington
“Character, not circumstance, makes the person.” “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by...
The Art of Michael Anthony Brown
“Art at its best can heal. It can inspire the human spirit to soar new heights for the greater good.” ~Michael Anthony Brown Michael Anthony...
Gordon – “The Scourged Back”
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality of the Maafa ( Atlantic slavery). A...
Vicente Guerrero: The First Black President in North America
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña ( August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831), the Mexican national hero was the first Black president in North America, when...