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- Akwasi Osei
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min read
Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavus Vassa, purchased his freedom from a merchant. His published autobiography was among the first to chart an enslaved African's journey in the Middle Passage.
The Niagara Movement is founded by W.E.B DuBois and William Monroe Trotter.
Leon Spinks was born on this day in 1953. He became a heavyweight boxing champion by defeating the great Muhammad Ali.
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