Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901), born a slave who educated himself and became a tailor in Macon, Georgia. Served in House of Representatives during as a replacement for only two months in 1871.
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Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Black Nationalist and Separatist, ca. 1920
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Unintended Consequences: Southern Drawl
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Washington paid 6 pounds 2 shillings to “Negros for 9 Teeth”
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Fool me once…
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Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim Crow South
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Robertson’s Jams and marmalade
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May 30, 1921
