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A freedom fighter to some and a terrorist to others, she became a fugitive after she was charged in connection with a deadly botched robbery in 1981.

The Rosewood Massacre was an attack on the predominantly African-American town of Rosewood, Florida, in 1923 by large groups of whites. The town was entirely

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The shootings occurred two years before the deaths of students at Kent State University, but remain a little-known incident in the Civil Rights Movement

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Josephine Baker was an American-born French entertainer and one of the most interesting celebrities of the 20th century.

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