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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“Why does America tolerate the lynching of Negroes?”
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Anonymous African American lynching victim of 1925
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Elderly African Americans who were once slaves work together in a rural setting in 1920
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What the 4th of July meant to the enslaved African
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Nat Turner: The Man God Asked to Fight the Serpent
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From Harriet to Moses
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African Americans and Whites fleeing stockyard area during the Chicago race riot, 1919