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Denzel Washington
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A commemorative stamp of Martin Luther King, Jr. is issued by the U.S. Postal Se
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13
1979
Randolph, Asa Philip
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Cayton, Susie Revels (1870-1943)
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12
1896
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1925
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22
1987
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1963
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1956
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1940
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1970
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1988
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