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Education

HBCUs

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Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
History

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...
Education

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...
Education

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...
Education

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...
Education

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,...
Science - Technology

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...