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(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”
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Bray, Keve (1925--1972)
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(1841) Frederick Douglass, “The Church and Prejudice"
Frederick Douglass would eventually become one of the most skilled and powerful orators of his day.  In 1841, three years after he escaped slavery and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 34-year-old Douglass gave a brief speech on a situation he had not anticipated, racial prejudice in Northern
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The African American Folklorist: Wathetta Buford, Preserving Black Bowling Green - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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