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Marita Golden: Co-Founder Of The Hurston/Wright Foundation for Black Writers

Jul 24, 2012 - Youth On Race - 0 Comment

Black author, Marita Golden, established herself in the latter half of the 20th Century as a distinguished…

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Ever since she obtained her lawyer’s license in 1992, Shirin Ebadi has been taking on controversial cases…

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At a height of six feet, and a former slave from New York, Sojourner Truth was perhaps…

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The names Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln are synonymous with abolition and emancipation. However, what few people…

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Imagine for a moment that you helped discover something amazing – something that people had been seeking,…

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Gangster. Thug. Deadbeat. Many Americans attach those labels to black males. Even today, when you have Black…

May 1, 2012 - Youth On Race - 0 Comment

How exactly does a boy from a provincial, seafaring town become a world-renowned scientist, teacher and Nobel…