This Black Woman Opened A Coffeeshop For Creatives In Georgia

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This Black Woman Opened A Coffeeshop For Creatives In Georgia

Elm launched The Culturist Union back in 2019 to serve as a creative hub for the city's talent. Now, she's taking her venture one step further by opening a coffee shop.

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Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution

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George, David (1742-1810)

David George, a slave and later a Baptistminister, was born in 1742 on a plantation in Virginia. His parents had been brought fromAfrica as slaves, and the cruel treatment they suffered prompted George to runaway to South Carolina where he hid for several years among Native Americans, firstas

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(1890) Joseph C. Price, “Education and the Problem,”

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Walker, Madam C. J.

Walker, Madam C. J., 1867–1919, African-American entrepeneur, b. Delta, La., as Sarah Breedlove. Thought to be Americas first black female millionaire, this daughter of ex-slaves was orphaned at 7, working at 10, married at 14, and a widow with an infant daughter at 20. She worked as a domestic

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