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'Every child should have the opportunity to learn about the outstanding contributions of these sistas.'

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For more than 100 years the island of Martha's Vineyard (seven miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts) has been an important summertime haven for Black Bostonians. In the late 1800s Blacks first came to the island to work for whites and some earned enough money to gain small summer vacation

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Joe Biden Tells Unsure Black Voters ‘You Ain’t Black’ If They Don’t Support Him

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Dawson, Horace G. (1926- )

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We shouldn't try to hold Biden hostage on this one

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Smith, Barbara (1946- )

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