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  • Edith Spurlock Sampson: 1st Black Woman Elected As Judge By Popular Vote & 1st African American Appointed To U.S. Delegation of The United Nations

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    Edith Spurlock-Sampson: 1st African American Woman Elected As A Judge By Popular Vote & 1st African American appointed to the…
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  • Mabel Fairbanks: African American Pioneer in Figure Skating

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    Mabel Fairbanks: African American pioneer in Figure Skating. Click the link to learn more!
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  • Joseph Cottrell, Jr.: The African American Entrepreneur Who Brought The Jheri Curl Into Black Homes

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    Joseph Cottrell, Jr.: African American Entrepreneur who brought the Jheri Curl into black homes. Click the link to learn more.
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  • Selma To Montgomery Quiz – Answers

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    Earlier today, we invited our Black Mail Readers to take a quiz on the Selma To Montgomery March. As promised…
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  • Selma To Montgomery March: Test Your Knowledge

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    1965 Selma To Montgomery March: Test your knowledge! Click the link and take the quiz!
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  • Quote: “When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” -Unknown

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    Quote: "When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." -Unknown
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  • Macon Bolling Allen: The First African American Lawyer In The United States

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    Macon Bolling Allen: The First African American Lawyer In The United States. Click the link to learn more.
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  • Trivia Answer

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    Black History:  Special Delivery!! Earlier today we posted a trivia question: Whose proposal that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated…
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  • Trivia Answer

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    Black History:  Special Delivery!! Earlier today we posted a trivia question: Whose proposal that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated…
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  • Whose proposal that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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    Whose proposal that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964? A)Martin Luther King, Jr.…
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  • Floyd E. Norman: 1st African American Cartoon Animator at Disney Studios

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    Floyd E. Norman: 1st African American Cartoon Animator at Disney! Click the link to learn more.
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