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Woody Strode and Other African-American Athletes Went from Sports to The Silver Screen – Free Press of Jacksonville
While he helped break the NFL’s color line in 1946 with the Los Angeles Rams, Strode is better remembered for his role as Draba, the Ethiopian gladiator, in the 1960 action-packed historical drama
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These Influencers Are Making A Mark In The Beauty Community By Being Unapologetically Black
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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast
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Committee on the Participation of Negroes in the
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Charles Drew
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