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  TikToker goes viral for claiming Harriet Tubman did not exist

  Mildred Europa Taylor

  Some Black TikTokers have claimed that Harriet Tubman wasn’t a real person. As reported by The Root, a content creator named Ce Chronicles alleged in a since-deleted video that famed abolitionist...

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  How much Coco Gauff earns as 1st American woman to win French Open since Serena Williams

  Mildred Europa Taylor

  Coco Gauff defeated top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling three-set showdown at the French Open on Saturday, landing the second Grand Slam title of her career. The 21-year-old American sensation came...

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  Baltimore: Meet the founders of the first Black and woman-owned bodega

  Mildred Europa Taylor

  Chopped Broadway Bodega & Deli recently made history as the first Black and woman-owned bodega in Fells Point, delivering the taste of a classic New York bodega to Baltimore.  Ernestine Chambers...

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  Nigerian plays trumpet for over 25 hours, earns Guinness World Record on 2nd attempt

  Mildred Europa Taylor

  Nigerian trumpeter Joshua Olusanya now holds the record for the “Longest Marathon Playing the Trumpet” after playing the musical instrument for over 25 hours, Guinness World Records said. Olusanya,...

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  40 years after becoming NC State’s first Black student president, Kevin Howell is now 1st Black chancellor

  Mildred Europa Taylor

  Kevin Howell became the first Black student body president of NC State University in 1987. He is now the university’s first Black chancellor after nearly 40 years. The University of North Carolina...

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  Virginia mother, daughter earn their doctorates together from Liberty University

  Mildred Europa Taylor

  Sharon Mallory had retired for some time when her daughter Lauren Mallory decided to pursue her doctoral degree. “When she was starting, I made a joke, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it,’”...

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