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10 famous African-Americans who made history you should know
Her autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged ... She collaborated with leaders and African American history makers like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. In 2008, Barack Obama made history ...
African American literature provides a crucial counter-narrative to our history
This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, ...
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Booker T. Washington
Washington was one of the most powerful African Americans at the turn of the twentieth ... with the 1901 publication of his best-selling autobiography, Up From Slavery. But Washington's ...
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In Black America
The Saga of an American Family, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with an interview recorded in February 1988. Alex Haley died in February 1992. The post A Tribute to Alex Haley (Ep. 10 ...
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'Brown Bomber' was a hero to all
"Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would say boy this and boy that, would light up when they talked about Joe," says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about ...