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Areas Of Involvement	African Americans
Notable Alumni	W.E.B. Du Bois • John Lewis • Diane Nash • Ida B. Wells-Barnett • Jimmie Lunceford • Nikki Giovanni • Johnnetta Cole • Etta Zuber Falconer • Otis Boykin
Related People	Charles Spurgeon Johnson

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