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  • The Study Begins In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs...

    The Tuskegee Experiment

    The Study Begins In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs...

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  • With only a fifth-grade education, Garrett Morgan (born March 4, 1877) began his career as a sewing-machine mechanic. During the innovative early days of manufacturing, Morgan patented his own sewing...

    An Inventor

    With only a fifth-grade education, Garrett Morgan (born March 4, 1877) began his career as a sewing-machine mechanic. During the innovative early days of manufacturing, Morgan patented his own sewing...

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  • The ten protesters who sat down at the McCrory’s counter that morning were Willie Edward McCleod, James Frank Wells, Clarence Henner Graham, Thomas Walter Gaither, David “Scoop” Williamson, Robert Lewis...

    Rock Hill, Jail No Bail & The Friendship Nine

    The ten protesters who sat down at the McCrory’s counter that morning were Willie Edward McCleod, James Frank Wells, Clarence Henner Graham, Thomas Walter Gaither, David “Scoop” Williamson, Robert Lewis...

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  • Daisy Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. Bates became president...

    Celebration of Black History

    Daisy Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. Bates became president...

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