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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is the first Black woman to earn a doctorate at MIT.

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In April of 1989, students at Detroit’s Wayne State University led an 11 day protest known as the Study-In.

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Capoeira is a fighting style developed by Africans to fight against and free themselves from slavery in Brazil.

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African American Mysteries: Order of the Men of Oppression was the secret and fraternal order of Black men who led thousands of enslaved Africans to freedom.

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The dap was developed by Black soldiers as a symbol of unity and solidarity and their commitment to looking after one another.