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  Mexicans of African Descent Established Los Angeles on This Day in 1781

  D.L. Chandler

  The Los Angeles Pobladores, or “townspeople,” were a group of 44 settlers and four soldiers from Mexico who established the famed city on this day in 1781 in what is now California. The...

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  Nat Turner, the rebel who led America’s only effective and sustained slave revolt

  D.L. Chandler

  Nat Turner was a captive who led a bloody rebellion in August 1831, which prompted an even more violent response from angry Whites in the South. The infamous revolt leader was born on Oct 2, 1800...

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  Pan-Africanism leader Marcus Garvey died on this day in 1940

  D.L. Chandler

  The contributions of Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanism leader Marcus Garvey (pictured) inspired other great leaders who forged similar movements. Garvey died on this day in 1940, but not without leaving...

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  Haitian Revolution General Toussaint Louverture was born on this day in 1743

  D.L. Chandler

  The Haitian Revolution was a slave revolt that was part of a series of revolutionary wars that occurred in Europe and across the Americas. The 13-year campaign was led by military leader General Toussaint...

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  Civil rights icon Malcolm X was born on this day in 1925

  D.L. Chandler

  Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebr., the future leader’s parents, Earl and Louise, lived modestly. The elder Little was a Baptist preacher who considered himself a student of the Pan-African philosophies...

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  Harriet Tubman joined Underground Railroad Movement on this day in 1853

  D.L. Chandler

      The Underground Railroad was a large movement in North America consisting of several individuals who worked together to aid slaves in their escape from their captors. Harriet Tubman (pictured)...

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