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The first person to die in the Boston Massacre was an African-American sailor named Crispus Attucks. Not much is known about Crispus Attucks prior to his death in 1770, but his actions that day became a source of inspiration for both white and black Americans for years to
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Belle, Dido Elizabeth (1761-1804)
Dido Elizabeth Belle is best known for the 1779 painting of her alongside her cousin, Lady Elizabeth Murray, the great-niece of William Murray, The First Earl of Mansfield. The Earl, also known as Lord Mansfield, was at the time the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the highest ranking
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Sierra Leone
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Ashe, Arthur Robert
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McGee, James D. (1949- )
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Jenkins, Joseph Charles (1914-1959)
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The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance
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