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The United Negro College Fund
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The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was founded on April 25, 1944, by Frederick Patterson, President of the Tuskegee Institute, and Mary McLeod Bethune, an...
Fugitive Slave Act (1793)
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Chap. VII.—An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters.  Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate...
Daniel Alexander Payne
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Born on February 24, 1811, to free Black parents London and Martha Payne in Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Alexander Payne would become a Bishop in...
Wilberforce University
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Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Named...
Hallie Brown
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Hallie Brown’s parents were former slaves who married about 1840. Her father, who bought his freedom and that of family members, was the son of...
Virginia Estelle Randolph
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The child of former slaves, Virginia Estelle Randolph (June 8, 1874–March 16, 1958) completed her education at the age of sixteen and took her first...
Fannie C. Williams
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Fannie C. Williams was born March 23, 1882, in Biloxi, Mississippi. She moved to New Orleans to attend high school and finished both the College...
Dr. Jeanne L. Noble
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Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, a professor of education who in 1962 became one of the first African-American women to receive tenure at New York University,...
Dr. Gina Paige
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In 2003, Dr. Gina Paige co-founded African Ancestry, Inc. and in doing so, pioneered a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics, and a...