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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—A man born into slavery in DeSoto Parish in 1857 did not have many opportunities to become educated as a child, but that didn’t stop him from studying on his own and ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Several Black-owned newspapers existed during the late 1800s in Utah, two of which had a rivalry between political opinions. Some of the papers were regional newspapers that ...

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