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  • The Negro Digest: The Black Reader’s Digest of Its Day

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    The Negro Digest: The Black "Reader’s Digest" of Its Day. Click the link to learn more!
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  • Power Center Academy: Athletic Trailblazers In The Sport of Rugby

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    Power Center Academy: Athletic Trailblazers In The Sport of Rugby. Click the link to learn more.
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  • African Proverb: “The Axe Forgets. The Tree Remembers”

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    African Proverb: "The Axe Forgets. The Tree Remembers"
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  • Vince and Marian Cullers: Founders Of The 1st African American Full Service Advertising Agency.

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    Vince and Marian Cullers: Founders Of The 1st African American Full Service Advertising Agency. Click the link to learn more.
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  • African Proverb: A speaker of truth has no friends. -African Proverb

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    African Proverb: A speaker of truth has no friends. -African Proverb
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  • Quote: People Say That Slaves Were Taken From Africa. This Is Not True. People Were Taken From Africa And Made Into Slaves. -Unknown

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    Quote: People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true. People were taken from Africa and made…
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  • Philip B. Downing: Mailbox Inventor

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    Philip B. Downing: Invented The Street Letter Box in 1891. Click the link to learn more.
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  • Andre Reboucas: Inventor Of The Torpedo

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    Andre Reboucas: Inventor of The Torpedo. Click the link to learn more!
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  • AWESOME! Mortician Opens Fresh Food Store Because He Was Tired Seeing People Die

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    Mortician Erich March was tired of seeing people in his East Baltimore community die of conditions like diabetes and hypertension.…
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  • Black Mail Trivia Answer: Which NAACP staffer investigated sexual assault against black women in Alabama?

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    Earlier today, we asked our Black Mail Readers: Which NAACP staffer investigated and rallied the black community of Alabama in…
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  • Black Mail Trivia: Which Alabama NAACP Staffer Investigated Sexual Assault Committed Against Black Women?

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    Black Mail Trivia: Which NAACP staffer investigated and rallied the black community of Alabama in opposition to sexual assault committed…
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