Edomina Lewis’s 12-foot tall, 2-ton “Death of Cleopatra” statue. Tweet
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Who Is Edmonia Lewis AKA Wildfire?
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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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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“South Carolina’s slave-plantation owners had known nothing about how to grow and irrigate rice. That knowledge was brought to the low country by Africans stolen from the Sierra Leone by the Royal African company of England. As the slaves produced the rice that made the plantation owners rich, their glistening backs bore the branded acronymn […]
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A one time Dr. W.E.B Dubois lived in Brooklyn, New York. He lived at 31 Grace Court in Brooklyn Heights. Reportedly, Dr. DuBois bought the house from Arthur Miller, who wrote his play, “Death of a Salesman” at the address.” Tweet
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It is oft repeated lore that Emmett Till inappropriately whistled at a white woman. However, the excerpt from his mother’s tome, printed below, contains the seldom told history of what likely caused the “Emmett Till whistle.” “Although it was a great relief to learn that Emmett hadn’t lost any of his motor skills, it wasn’t […]
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