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Judge declares 3 Black men lynched over a century ago innocent
A Virginia judge has formally declared three Black men, lynched by mobs in the 19th and early 20th centuries, innocent of the charges that led to their deaths. The men—Charles Allie Thompson, William Thompson, and William Grayson—were lynched in rural Culpeper County, approximately 75 miles (121 kilometers) from Washington, D.C, according to a report. On…
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Student Sanai Graden explains why she has returned $400K raised for homeless man to donors
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Four facts about Frank Greene, the African American who invented the world’s fastest memory chip
Dr. Frank S. Greene was a man who sat in different shades of careers. He was an inventor, researcher,...
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Nannie Helen Burroughs, the activist who refused to marry to enable her educate Black women
Nannie Helen Burroughs was an extraordinary student in her early years. She completed M Street...
