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Robert Pelham
Robert Pelham was born in January of 1859 in Petersburg, Virginia. His parents, Robert and Frances Pelham, moved the family to Detroit, Michigan in hopes of finding a more favorable atmosphere for their children to receive an education and opportunities for decent employment. While enrolled in
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2012
(1832) Maria W. Stewart, “Why Sit Ye Here and Die?”
Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) was one of the first American women to leave copies of her speeches. The address below is her second public lecture. It was given on September 21, 1832 in Franklin Hall in Boston, the meeting site of the new England Anti-Slavery Society. Although as an abolitionist, she
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Metcalfe, Ralph Harold (1910-1978)
Ralph Metcalfe, was an outstanding U.S. sprinter, track coach, and politican born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Chicago, Illinois. During Metcalfe’s years as a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1932 through 1934, he was arguably the world’s fastest human. His strong
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Loving v. Virginia (1967)
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Tuskegee University
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U.S. Black Population
United States Population: 150,697,361. Black population: 15,042,286 (10 per cent).
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1947
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(1860) Frederick Douglass, “the Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”
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Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)
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Wynn, Albert R. (1951- )
Albert Russel Wynn is Democratic representative of the State of Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is currently serving his eighth term. The district includes parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Wynn was defeated in the
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13
2008
Whitehead, Arch Colson “Colson” (1969- )
Born Arch Colson Whitehead on November 6, 1969, novelist Colson Whitehead spent his formative years in Manhattan, New York with his parents, Arch and Mary Anne Whitehead, who owned a recruiting firm, and three siblings. Of his childhood, he has said that he preferred reading science fiction and
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Nov
6
1969
Wilder, Lawrence Douglas (1931- )
Born in Richmond, Virginia on January 17, 1931, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was the first African American to be elected governor in the United States of America. For four years Wilder served as the governor of Virginia (1990-1994).  Currently he is serving as the mayor of
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17
1931
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Withers, John Lovelle, II (1948- )
In 2007, Ambassador John L. Withers II, a second generation diplomat, was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Albania. Withers was born in 1948 in Guilford, North Carolina, to John L. Withers, Sr. and Daisy P. Withers. His father had briefly worked as a political
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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement.  Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James
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Jan
14
1963
W.E.B. DuBois and the Making of the Encyclopedia Africana, 1909-1963
In their introduction to Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, co-editors Henry Louis Gates and Kwame Anthony Appiah describe W.E.B. DuBois’s half century campaign to publish an encyclopedia that would encompass the African diaspora.  That introduction appears
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Ossietzky, Carl von
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Ford, Harold Jr. (1970- )
Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 11, 1970. He currently serves as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.  During his tenure in congress Ford represented the state’s 9th
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11
1970
Rainey, Joseph Hayne (1832-1887)
In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and take his seat.  Others were elected earlier but were not seated.  Rainey was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 21, 1832. His parents had been slaves but
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Aug
2
1887
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Guinea Pigs
A descendant of the wild guinea pigs of South America, todays domesticated guinea pig is viewed by many as an easy pet for children. Many parents select a guinea pig as a first pet for their child, believing a small pet needs only a small amount of care. It is important to understand that these
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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”
Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican.  By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left.  In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency.  Four years later she was
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Adams, Alma Shealey (1946-)
Congresswoman Alma Shealey Adams currently represents North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.  She is the 100th woman elected to that legislative body and the second African American woman, after Eva Clayton, to represent North Carolina in the
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Easley v. Cromartie (2001)
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