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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
- Who Were the African Americans in the Kennedy Administration?In the first six months of the Kennedy Administration, some 50 black men (and women) were appointed to executive branch jobs.
- What Was the Second Middle Passage?The growth of the cotton economy and the internal slave trade in America forced families to separate and migrate once again.
- What Is Juneteenth?What is Juneteenth and why are 42 states and the District of Columbia celebrating it this year?
- What Was America’s First Black Town?Spanish Florida was the African-American slaves’ first Promised Land.
- Who Really Invented the ‘Talented Tenth’?Who originated the concept of the "Talented Tenth" black leadership class?
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