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The shadows and ghosts of the past remind us that those who would be tyrants cannot be called free men.

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Who one was, where one came from, what one was expected to be, the height of courage and character that were to be achieved, were woven into the fabric that linked oneself to all...

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Within that tyranny, looking beyond the acts of defiance, rebellion, and escape, we will find a quality of courage still unsung. It is in the triumph of the human spirit over unmitigated power. It raised no banners. It gained no vengeance. It was only the pervasive and persistent will among Afro-Americans to hold together through deep trauma and adversity.

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Nathan Huggins

Nathan Huggins

Born: January 14, 1927
Died: December 5, 1989 (aged 62)
Bio: Nathan Irvin Huggins was a distinguished American historian, author and educator. As a leading scholar in the field of African-American studies, he was W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University as well as director of the W. E. B.
Known for:
  1. Black odyssey (1977)
  2. Harlem renaissance (1971)
  3. Slave and citizen (1980)
  4. Protestants against poverty (1971)

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