John Berry Meachum, former slave and reverend, was dedicated to the education of Black people. During his lifetime, it was illegal for Black people to learn how to read and write. Despite this known legality, Reverend Meachum built a steamboat that housed a library. His steamboat was docked in St. Louis in the Mississippi River. […]
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East New York, Brooklyn: African Burial Grounds
683 Barbey Street. Brooklyn, New York. Tweet
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Edomonia Lewis, also known as “Wildfire,” was an internationally renown artist and sculptor. She was born in 1846 in upstate New York. Her art sold all over the United States and Europe. Edmonia was half Chippewa and half African American. She based her artwork on her rich heritage. When asked about her heritage , she […]
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Kevin Woolfolk invented a small pet workout wheel that records the distance that the pet has travel via the rotations of the wheel. Tweet
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Explorer Matthew Henson was the first person to reach the North Pole. He is quoted as saying, “I think I’m the first man to sit on top of the world.” Tweet
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