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Copy of Emancipation Proclamation expected to fetch millions at auction

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How the Thunder helped put OKC on the map in black America

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Charles Taylor's 50 year sentence a reflection of Liberia's past and future

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Scholars look at Civil War anew during anniversary

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Black history collection could be broken up, sold to highest bidder

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Black female politicians who made history

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Talib Kweli performs for students at St. John's University

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Smithsonian opens Civil War art from North, South

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Albert Einstein passionately fought race prejudice, according to new and old docs

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Gettysburg gift shop offers John Wilkes Booth bobblehead

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Today in black history: The Dred Scott decision 155 years later

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Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game hits 50-year mark

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Maya Angelou hosts Black History Month special

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Rosa Parks, one of the most familiar yet least known civil rights icons

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Pa. exhibit showcases legendary black photographer

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How American music has been Africanized

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Freedom school helps inner city kids read

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Researchers unearth remants of black village at Central Park

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Searching for Superman in our public schools

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Civil War at 150: Are we whitewashing slavery?

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