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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
- What Was America’s First Black Town?Spanish Florida was the African-American slaves’ first Promised Land.
- Was Jackie Robinson Court-Martialed?Robinson's struggle for equality began in the Army, before he integrated baseball.
- Who Really Invented the ‘Talented Tenth’?Who originated the concept of the "Talented Tenth" black leadership class?
- How Many Slaves Landed in the U.S.?Just a tiny percentage of Africans shipped to the New World landed in North America.
- The Black Governor Who Was Almost a SenatorWhy didn't more than one black person serve in the Senate during the Reconstruction era -- a condition that persisted until this year?
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