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The Tuskegee Experiment | Social Sciences | Learnist. I remember reading about this horrible experiment. Taught me so much about why there was anger, sadness and pain between races. Minions, Afro, African American History, African Diaspora, World History, Black People, Black Men

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The Tuskegee Experiment | Social Sciences | Learnist. I remember reading about this horrible experiment. Taught me so much about why there was anger, sadness and pain between races.

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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams graduated from the Chicago Medical School in 1883, and was one of only four doctors african descent in Chicago. Dr. Williams founded the first African American hospital as well as the first nursing course for Blacks. He was the first cardiology surgeon to perform a successful heart surgery with the chest open with a positive result and after the patient recovered, he lived for another 20 years. African American Scientists, African American Inventors, Famous African Americans, Today In Black History, Dr Williams, School

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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams graduated from the Chicago Medical School in 1883, and was one of only four doctors african descent in Chicago. Dr. Williams founded the first African American hospital as well as the first nursing course for Blacks. He was the first cardiology surgeon to perform a successful heart surgery with the chest open with a positive result and after the patient recovered, he lived for another 20 years.

For almost 70 years, Lucy Parsons fought for the rights of the poor and disenfranchised in the face of an increasingly oppressive industrial economic system. Her radical activism challenged the racist and sexist sentiment in a time when it was assumed that women were biologically determined to stay at home barefoot and pregnant. The Chicago police labeled her more dangerous than a thousand rioters.. American Women, Mexican American, Women In History, Black History, Modern History, British History, Ancient History

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For almost 70 years, Lucy Parsons fought for the rights of the poor and disenfranchised in the face of an increasingly oppressive industrial economic system. Her radical activism challenged the racist and sexist sentiment in a time when it was assumed that women were biologically determined to stay at home barefoot and pregnant. The Chicago police labeled her more dangerous than a thousand rioters..

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Hazel W. Johnson-Brown: The first African-American woman general in history, Hazel W. Johnson-Brown is also a skilled nurse. She served as the chief of the Army Nurse Corps. and served as dean of the Walter Reed Army Institute School of Nursing. She was introduced to the army while working at a Veteran’s hospital. It is hard to believe, considering her accomplishments, that she was first rejected for nursing school at the West Chester School of Nursing because of her race. African American Culture, Walter Reed, People Of Interest, Wise Women, Badass Women, Iconic Women

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Hazel W. Johnson-Brown: The first African-American woman general in history, Hazel W. Johnson-Brown is also a skilled nurse. She served as the chief of the Army Nurse Corps. and served as dean of the Walter Reed Army Institute School of Nursing. She was introduced to the army while working at a Veteran’s hospital. It is hard to believe, considering her accomplishments, that she was first rejected for nursing school at the West Chester School of Nursing because of her race.

Robert Tanner Freeman is the first professionally trained black dentist in the United States. A child of slaves, he eventually entered Harvard University and graduated only four years after the end of the Civil War on May 18, 1869. Before Us, Black Is Beautiful

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Robert Tanner Freeman is the first professionally trained black dentist in the United States. A child of slaves, he eventually entered Harvard University and graduated only four years after the end of the Civil War on May 18, 1869.

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African American Nurses in Australia, 1944.African Americans served in segregated units.The army was de-segrageted until 1949 when Pres. Truman signed it into law.Most people thought it would lower troop morale to serve with "Negro" troops. Sound familiar? Anyway, the history of blacks in the military since the Revolutionary war has been left out of the history books.Biddy Craft Ww1 History, History Books, Smile And Wave, Military Women, Ww2 Women, Boss Women

African American Nurses in Australia, 1944.African Americans served in segregated units.The army was de-segrageted until 1949 when Pres. Truman signed it into law.Most people thought it would lower troop morale to serve with "Negro" troops. Sound familiar? Anyway, the history of blacks in the military since the Revolutionary war has been left out of the history books.Biddy Craft

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I've always loved how kids seemed to gravitate towards President Obama and he liked them right back. Black Presidents, Greatest Presidents, American Presidents, Michelle Obama, First Black President, Mr President, Presidente Obama, Barack Obama Family, Barrack Obama

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I've always loved how kids seemed to gravitate towards President Obama and he liked them right back.

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#3. I admire Barack Obama because he is a very intelligent, kind and giving person.

Welp, there goes my dissertation. Guess I have to find a new topic. Black History Books, Black Books, Black Art, Good Books, African American Books, African Literature

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Welp, there goes my dissertation. Guess I have to find a new topic.

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Malcolm X Assassination | Shocking: News of Malcolm X's assassination stunned America

Did you know there was an African American owned car manufacturer? The C.R. Patterson & Son Carriage Co. of Greenfield, Ohio became the nation's, and the world's, 1st & only African-American founded & owned car manufacturing company. The company began as a manufacturer of horse drawn carriages & ended up as a manufacturer of buses for both urban transportation systems & rural school needs. In 1915 they came out with a car that was considered more sophisticated than Henry Ford's Model T cars. Interesting History, Interesting Facts

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Did you know there was an African American owned car manufacturer? The C.R. Patterson & Son Carriage Co. of Greenfield, Ohio became the nation's, and the world's, 1st & only African-American founded & owned car manufacturing company. The company began as a manufacturer of horse drawn carriages & ended up as a manufacturer of buses for both urban transportation systems & rural school needs. In 1915 they came out with a car that was considered more sophisticated than Henry Ford's Model T cars.

Doris “Dorie” Miller was a cook in the US Navy noted for his bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor, Black Ops, Doris Miller, Les Aliens, Illuminati

Doris “Dorie” Miller was a cook in the US Navy noted for his bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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Zdenka Husserl holds a young bird. Zdenka was interred at Theresienstadt until the liberation. After the war Zdenka was placed on a transport of 300 child survivors to England sponsored by the British philanthropist, Leonard Montefiore. Following her arrival in England in August 1945, Zdenka was sheltered together with 23 other concentration camp survivors at the Finchley Road children's home in London. Memorial Museum, Lest We Forget, Historical Pictures, History Facts, Photo Archive, England, London

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Zdenka Husserl holds a young bird. Zdenka was interred at Theresienstadt until the liberation. After the war Zdenka was placed on a transport of 300 child survivors to England sponsored by the British philanthropist, Leonard Montefiore. Following her arrival in England in August 1945, Zdenka was sheltered together with 23 other concentration camp survivors at the Finchley Road children's home in London.

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Gisella Perl was forced to work as a doctor in Auschwitz concentration camp during the holocaust. She was ordered to report ever pregnant women do the physician Dr. Josef Mengele, who would then use the women for cruel experiments (e.g. vivisections) before killing them. She saved hundreds of women by performing abortions on them before their pregnancy was discovered, without having access to basic medical supplies. She became known as the “Angel of Auschwitz”. Good Doctor, Doctor In, Found Out, Nursing

Gisella Perl was forced to work as a doctor in Auschwitz concentration camp during the holocaust. She was ordered to report ever pregnant women do the physician Dr. Josef Mengele, who would then use the women for cruel experiments (e.g. vivisections) before killing them. She saved hundreds of women by performing abortions on them before their pregnancy was discovered, without having access to basic medical supplies. She became known as the “Angel of Auschwitz”.

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Pregnant in Auschwitz: Toronto Holocaust survivor recalls split-second decision that saved her and unborn son