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Religion

Henry McNeal Turner

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One of the most influential African American leaders in late-nineteenth-century Georgia, Henry McNeal Turner was a pioneering church organizer and missionary for the African Methodist...
Politics

Jefferson Franklin Long

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Jefferson Franklin Long was Georgia’s first African American congressman and the first black member to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives....
History

Denmark Vesey

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Denmark Vesey, originally named Telemaque, was born around 1767, likely on the island of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin...
Civil RightsEducation

Linda Brown

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Linda Brown’s name is forever etched in American history as a symbol of courage and perseverance in the fight for civil rights. Born in 1942...
Religion

AME Church

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The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816. Recent estimates of membership...
Civil Rights

Fred Hampton

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Fred Hampton was a prominent African American activist and revolutionary leader who was active during the late 1960s. He is best known for his role...
Civil Rights

George Jackson

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George Jackson, born in 1941, became a prominent figure in the struggle for racial justice and prison reform in the United States. His life, marked...