Extras
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Black is Beautiful was the message sent by films, products and Soul Train.
Rep. John Lewis, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Julian Bond, former NAACP Chairman.
At age six, Ruby Bridges was the sole black child to desegregate her school.
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Racist images were used as propaganda to demean African-Americans and legitimize violence.
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The future South Carolina Representative to Congress made a daring escape from slavery.
Many stakeholders benefited from the cotton economy that fueled slavery's expansion.
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