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Born March 4, 1815 • New York
Died December 17, 1864 (aged 49) • Washington, D.C. • United States
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Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
Sister Thea Bowman
Thea Bowman
Roman Catholic nun and teacher
Augusta Savage: Realization
Augusta Savage
American sculptor and educator
Booker T. Washington
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American educator
Septima Poinsette Clark
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Hallie Quinn Brown
American educator
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Charles Hamilton Houston
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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American educator and mathematician
Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States senator and sociologist
John Hope
John Hope
American educator
Prudence Crandall.
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