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55First Female Buffalo Soldier - Cathay Williams
Cathay Williams (1842 –1892? ) was the first and only known female Buffalo Soldier. She was born into slavery and worked for the Union army during the Civil War. She posed as a man and enlisted as...
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55Black Indian of Southeastern America
African slaves were brought to America to supposedly to labor in the place of the Indigenous people, who showed themselves ill-suited to enforced tasks, and moreover were being annihilated in the Spanish...
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79Subterranean New York - Chinatown Tunnels
Manhattan Chinatown is itself a relic—a 19th-century museum visited by 21st-century New Yorkers. The largest Chinese section of New York is actually in Flushing, Queens. The younger more affluent...
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67Pardon for John "Galveston Giant" Johnson
Arthur John Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion of the world. In 1902, Johnson had won more 50 fights against Blacks and whites. In 1903 Johnson won the World Colored Heavyweight...
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70Vampires - Myth or Fact
Vampires – May be it is October and almost Halloween time, but vampires seem to be everywhere. Have you noticed? True Blood is on cable. Vampire Diaries, Blood Ties, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kindred...
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73Subterranean New York - Fort Totten Tunnels
Subterranean New York – The subterranean tunnel between Fort Totten, Queens, New York and Fort Schuyler, Bronx, New York has been a mystery for years. Historians, park rangers and common sense imply it is a...
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71Subterranean New York - The 21 Club
Subterranean New York-The historical and landmark New York City Restaurant, The 21 Club located in midtown Manhattan near the Broadway theater district. The actual address is 21 West 52nd Street, New...
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66The Nobel Peace Prize Goes to President Barack Obama
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, October 9, 2009. President Barack Obama’s been in office nine months. He ran on a platform of “Change”- “Change will not come if we wait for some other...
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77The Python Snake Danger in Florida
Snakes in Florida are nothing usual. Snakes are found in backyard garden, by ponds and lakes. What is unusual is the types of snakes being found lately. According to the July 2009 Christian Science Monitor...
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85Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cells
Her family and scientists are probably the only ones that know the name of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman. She’s done so much for cancer and other research. Mrs. Lacks died at the age of 31 in 1951 at the...
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