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- Nat Turner‘s infamous rebellion took place in Virginia in 1831 I was the bloodiest slave revolt in US history.
- In 1968, Ralph Abernathy led “The Poor People’s March”. People from all over the US assembled in Washington, D.C. to protest poverty and racial discrimination.
- The FIRST black female doctors were Rebecca Lee, Rebecca J. Cole and Susan M. Stewart. Rebecca Lee received her medical degree in 1864 from the New England Female Medical College.
- Madagascar, the large island off the western coast of Africa, is called the Red Soil island because of its clay soil.
- Two songs written by W.C. Handy with a city in its title is “St. Louis Blues” and “Memphis Blues”.
- The FIRST US President to meet with leaders of the African American Community was Abraham Lincoln (who also supported their agreement for a separate but equal colony.
- The baseball player who said “Don’t look back, something my be gaining on you” was Satchel Paige, the greatest pitcher in the history of the baseball’s Negro leagues.
- The FIRST black mayor of the largest city in the US was David Dinkins in 1989.
- Lloyd A. Hall made important contributions to the meat packing industry. He held more than 73 patents, mainly in the field of curing meats.
- Countee Cullen was one of the best known poets of the Harlem Renaissance.
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