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May 09, 2025

Abolitionist John Brown was born in 1800, and would later in life lead a daring raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

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In 1964 Mississippi resident Fannie Lou Hamer addresses the Democratic National Convention credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey and demands voting rights for African-Americans.





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