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The Most Powerful Moment In American History
Barack Obama Elected As The Nations
First Black President
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SEN. BARACK OBAMA'S HISTORIC
PRIMARY SEASON VICTORY SPEECH JUNE 3, 2008 AT THE XCEL CENTER
IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE PRIMARY
SEASON.
KEY ENDORSEMENTS
ONE HUNDRED SEVEN YEARS AGO - COLORED MEN AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY - REVIEW OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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As early as 1811, Rev. Jose Morelos—a Mexican of African descent led an all-Black
army brigade to help fight for Mexican independence.
In 1855 more than 4,000 runaway slaves were helped by Mexicans in Texas to escape and find freedom in Mexico. The Underground Railroad was not just into Canada. It went south as well.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH EDITION 2008
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• Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa. The Colonization of the
Continent by European Powers. Otto Von Bismarck German Chancellor 1862-
1890
• Africa’s Wealth by Marcus Garvey April 18, 1923
• President George W. Bush and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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In 1939, Dr. George Washington Carver received the Theodore Roosevelt
Medal for distinguished research in Agricultural Chemistry. The medal was
accompanied by a citation, which read: "To a scientist humbly seeking
guidance of God and a liberator to the men of the white race as well as the
black"
• DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
• ILLUSTRATIONS JANUARY INVENTORS
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CROSS OF IRON SPEECH
Address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower "The Chance for Peace"
delivered before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April16, 1953.
Team Work - Booker T. Washington
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History of Negro Citizenship
History of Reconstruction- President Lincoln's policy