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Black historic
achievements
To the Editor
As the month of February, Black History Month, comes to a close, take time to discover or rediscover the following moments in history. Did you know that. . .
• One of the greatest civilizations in the history of mankind, the Egyptian culture, was of African descent?
• The first Negroes to arrive in America landed at Jamestown, Va. in 1619, approximately one year before the Mayflower?
• The first black child bom in America was named William Tucker?
• The first man to die for the cause of independence at the Boston Massacre was a black man named Crispus Attucks?
• A run-down four-room shack in Daytona Beach, Fla. was changed
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