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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
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Jefferson, William J. (1947-- )
William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that resulted in his conviction in
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Malcolm X
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Welfare As We Knew It: The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
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Scott, Tyree (1940-2003)
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National Baptist Convention
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(1955) Martin Luther King Jr., “The Montgomery Bus Boycott”
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(1867) John Sella Martin, A Speech Before the Paris Antislavery Conference
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(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”
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Martin R. Delany
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(1837) Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man”
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