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Black Panthers
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Pearman, Raven-Symoné Christina (1985- )
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman, better known as “Raven-Symoné,” is an American actress and recording artist.  Her entertainment career began when she starred in advertisements for well-known brands such as Jell-O and Cool Whip and as a young model for the Ford Modeling
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Shirley Clarke Franklin became Atlanta, Georgia’s first African American female mayor in 2001, as well as the first woman to be a mayor of a major southern city.  Clarke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1945 to parents Eugene Haywood Clarke and Ruth Lyons Clarke.  She attended
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(1963) Lyndon B. Johnson, “Address Before a Joint Session of Congress"
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Ashe, Arthur (1943-1993)
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(1947) Henry A. Wallace, “Ten Extra Years”
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