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Black Life in America

Learn more about the significant impacts African Americans have had on culture, the arts, science, politics, religion and more through comprehensive news sources from 1704 to today. Black Life in America is updated daily and offers high quality primary source information to be used for personal research. Some important topics include, “Brown vs. Board of Education,” “Black Lives Matter,” and the movie, “Black Panther.”

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