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Frederick Douglas was a slave, when freed became a leader of the movement against slavery.
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Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and helped more than 70 slaves escape using the underground railroad.
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Dave the Potter was a potter, poet, and slave. He created pottery with his poetry written on it.
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Henry "Box" Brown was mailed in a box to Philadelphia and freed from slavery.
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We have a national holiday which celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday.
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The famous jazz musician, Duke Ellington, performed a concert at the World famous Carnegie Hall.
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Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on the bus to a white person. she was arrested and this helped begin the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King later visited Rosa in jail.
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Rudy Bridges was escorted by U.S. Marshalls to William Frantz Public school in New Orleans, LA.
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Dr. King gave his most famous "I have a dream" speech in the summer of 1963 in Washington D.C.
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Sadly, Martin Luther King was shot and killed for his great work. There was a long parade in his honor.
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44th President if the United States, 1st African-American president.
