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Taraji P. Henson & Fiancé Kelvin Hayden Split

After two years of engagement, Taraji P. Henson confirmed that she won't be walking down the aisle with former NFL player and Super Bowl champ Kelvin Hayden.

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By 1854 William Lloyd Garrison was the most prominent abolitionist in the United States. Beginning with his newspaper, the Liberator, which he established in Boston in 1831, Garrison led the effort to end slavery in the nation. In this 1854 speech which appears below, Garrison called for complete

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(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights"

On June 4, 1965 U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson gave the Commencement Address at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He used the occasion to remind his audience and the nation of the long history of racial discrimination and urged the American people to end racial discrimination as the most

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OJ Simpson sets NFL Record for Rushing Yards

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Harris, Jr., Dr. Homer E. (1916- 2007 )

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(1874) John Mercer Langston, “Equality Before the Law”

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Buddy (Claude Henry Keystone) Young (1926-).

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(1838) Angelina Grimké Weld, “Speech in Pennsylvania Hall”

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