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  • Who Is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
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    Who Is Neil Degrasse Tyson?

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    When he was nine years old, Neil deGrasse Tyson went on a trip that would change his life. While visiting the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of N...

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  • What Is Black Lives Matter?
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    What Is Black Lives Matter?

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    When a Black teenager named Trayvon Martin was senselessly killed in 2012, the African American community called for his murderer to be held accoun...

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  • Who Was Kobe Bryant?
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    Who Was Kobe Bryant?

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    Kobe Bryant was just an eighteen-year-old high-school basketball player when he decided to enter the National Basketball Association's draft. Thoug...

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  • Who Was Frida Kahlo?
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    Who Was Frida Kahlo?

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    You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman ...

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  • Who Was Rosa Parks?
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    Who Was Rosa Parks?

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    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights prote...

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  • Who Is Barack Obama?
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    Who is Barack Obama?

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    As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this ...

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  • Who Was Louis Armstrong?
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    Who Was Louis Armstrong?

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    If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave ...

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  • Who Is Kamala Harris?
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    Who Is Kamala Harris?

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    On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American perso...

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  • Who Was Harriet Tubman?
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    Who Was Harriet Tubman?

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    Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an ...

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  • Who Is Oprah Winfrey?
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    Who is Oprah Winfrey?

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    We all know Oprah Winfrey as a talk-show host, actress, producer, media mogul, and philanthropist, but the "Queen of Talk" wasn't always so fortuna...

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  • Who Was Maya Angelou?
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    Who Was Maya Angelou?

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    Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unst...

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  • Who Was Ida B. Wells?
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    Who Was Ida B. Wells?

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    The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in ninete...

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