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Also Known As Afro-American • Black American

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United States: extension of slavery
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Booker T. Washington
Inside the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center (formerly the DuSable Museum of African American History)
Two reenactors and an illustration of a Black soldier from the First Rhode Island Regiment stand against a background of historical handwritten text.
How the Whitney Plantation teaches the history of slavery
Learn about the Union regiments and commanders Michigan contributed largely to the Western front of the American Civil War
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Stanley Crouch
American journalist and critic
Abraham Lincoln portrait
Abraham Lincoln
president of United States
Frederick O’Neal
American actor
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American religious leader and civil-rights activist
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
president of United States
John Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
vice president of United States
Jackie Wilson, 1950s.
Jackie Wilson
American singer
Salmon Portland Chase
Salmon P. Chase
chief justice of United States
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
Septima Poinsette Clark
Septima Poinsette Clark
American educator and civil rights advocate
John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan
United States jurist [1833-1911]
A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph
American civil-rights activist
Benjamin F. Butler
Benjamin F. Butler
United States politician and military officer
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges
American civil rights activist
Sophia B. Packard
American educator
Benjamin F. Wade
Benjamin F. Wade
American politician
Benton, Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart Benton
American writer and politician
Myrtilla Miner
American educator
Brown, Hallie Quinn
Hallie Quinn Brown
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