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13
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14
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Dziko, Trish Millines (1957- )
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19
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(1964), Dr. Martin Luther King, “Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize”
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Taylor, John (1952- )
John David Beckett Taylor, the Baron of Warwick, was born on September 21, 1952 in Birmingham, England. His parents, Derief, a professional cricket player, and Enid, a nurse, were originally from Jamaica. Taylor was educated at Moseley Grammar School and later studied English Literature and Law at
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(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”
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Owen, Robert
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Williams, Sidney (1942- )
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(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”
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1981
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Lonnie Johnson
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