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Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr.
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Juliett Derricotte
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Los Angeles Uprising of 1992
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The Story of Thomas Peters and the Black Loyalists of Sierra Leone
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Douglas (Doug) Lee Williams
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Sharon Pratt Dixon-Kelly
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(William Mercer) Will Marion Cook
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Oprah Gail Winfrey
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Anita Denise Baker
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Bob Johnson and the Story of BET
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