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  • African Proverb: “Don’t look at where you fell. Look at where you slipped.”

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    "Don't look at where you you fell. Look at where you slipped." Where might the black community be slipping? Share…
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  • Quote: The “single” story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    The “single” story creates stereotypes. And the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are…
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  • U.S. Supreme Court Examines Racial Prejudice In Jury Discrimination

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    U.S. Supreme Court Examines Racial Prejudice In Jury Discrimination. Click the link to learn more.
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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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