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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune 

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 to enslaved parents. I turn to her story for inspiration often.  Most know of her work of starting a school in 1904(which became Bethune-Cookman College) by selling sweet potato pies door-to-door. She was president of the college from 1923 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1947. …

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Recognizing Baba Mukasa

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These pics tell you everything you need to know about Baba Mukasa. Enthusiastic, bright, smart, consistent, committed, critical, brilliant, revolutionary, proud and ahead of his time. (Thanks, Baba I got these great pics from his FB posts!) While an undergraduate at Brown University in 1980, I joined the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party only weeks after …

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