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Black Biography

Biography of Amiri Baraka the American Poet

Amiri Baraka is an African American poet, activist, and academic. He was an influential black nationalist, then became a Marxist. Synopsis Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) was born in Newark, New Jersey, on October 7, 1934. After three years in...

Black Biography

Edward Brooke Life And Biography

Edward Brooke, III, was born in Washington, DC, on October 26, 1919. His father, Edward Brooke, Jr., was a lawyer with the Veterans Administration for over fifty years, and his mother, Helen, later worked for the campaigns Brooke's policies. Brooke...

Black Biography

All About Hank Aaron You Need To Know

Baseball player Hank Aaron was born on February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama, the son of Estelle Aaron and Herbert Aaron. He attended high school in Mobile, Alabama, and was transferred to the Josephine Allen Private Institute, where he graduated...

Black History Fact

Facts About George Washington and Slavery

Carlota Leading Slave Rebellion in Matanzas, Cuba, 1843, Lili Bernard George Washington first came into possession of enslaved Africans at the first age of 11. Washington and his wife Martha together owned about 200 enslaved Africans at the start of...

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