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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born September 16, 1950, in Piedmont, W.Va. He is a literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor and famous intellectual.
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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931. She is a Nobel prize-winning American author, editor and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed Black characters. Among the best known are her novels, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988.
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William Still
William Still was born in either November of 1819 or on October 7, 1821. He was an Black-American abolitionist, a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, a writer, historian and civil rights activist.
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Watts, (Los Angeles) California
Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles county, in California. It is considered part of south Los Angeles. It is known for large-scale rioting that broke out in the city in the 1960s over racial unrrest.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virgina
Harpers Ferry is an historic town in Jefferson County, W.Va. It is situated at the very place that the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet, where the states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for abolitionist John Brown's raid on the Armory in that town in 1859 and its role in the Civil War.
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Paris, France
African-Americans have a rich history in Paris. For over 200 years writers, artists, entertainers, intellectuals, and musicians have found inspiration and personal evolution in the City of Light and left their mark.
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of approximately seven million Black people out of the Southern United States to the North, Midwest and Western states from 1916 to 1970.
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The Birth of a Nation Film
The Birth of a Nation, also known as The Clansman, is one of the most negatively and positively influential and controversial films in the history of American cinema. Set during and after the American Civil War and directed by D.W. Griffith, the film was released on February 8, 1915, and was viewed by many as being a promotional tool for the Ku Klux Klan.
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Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, or Kwaanza, is a week-long festival and holiday celebrated primarily in the United States that honors Black people’s African heritage. It is observed from December 26 to January 1 each year.
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"Gullah"
The “Gullah” peoples are Black people who live in the low country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
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"Afro"
An ˇ°afro,ˇ± sometimes called a "natural" or shortened to "fro," is a hairstyle in which the hair extends out from the head like a halo, cloud or ball.
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"One-Drop Rule"
The One-Drop Rule is an historical, colloquial term in the United States that holds that a person with any trace of sub-Saharan ancestry, however small or invisible, cannot be considered White and so unless said person has an alternative non-White ancestry they can claim, such as Native American, Asian, Arab, Australian aboriginal, they must be considered Black.
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National Urban League
The National Urban League, formerly known as the National League of Black Men and Women, is a non-partisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of Blacks and against racial discrimination in the United States.
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Buffalo Soldiers
“Buffalo soldiers” is a nickname originally applied to the members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army, given to them by the Native American tribes they fought. Formed on September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., the term eventually was applied to these other units: the U.S. 9th Cavalry Regiment, the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment , the 24th Infantry Regiment, the 25th Infantry Regiment, the 27th Cavalry Regiment and the 28th Cavalry Regiment.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal church, usually called the AME church, is a Christian denomination founded by the Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia in 1816. The motto of the church is: "God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Man Our Brother."
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