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Category: African American
July 3, 2017
History Through the Headlines Part 2
When asked how much money it would take to hire him as editor of a proposed daily newspaper in Lynchburg,…
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January 19, 2017
Court Street Baptist Church
Court Street Baptist Church is located at 517 Court Street and is considered the “mother church” of all African American…
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March 21, 2016
Changing the Color of Tennis
1422 Pierce Street, the former home of Dr. R. Walter Johnson, the man who has been credited with integrating the…
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