1885

“When one recounts the civil rights era in America from the dark days of slavery before the Civil War to sit-ins in the 1960’s and the efforts today to preserve the gains of the past, a number of remarkable strong-willed persons come to mind.
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"Hon. Frederick Douglass, according to his usual custom celebrated the Fourth of July by inviting a large circle of friends including all his relations to join in a union picnic. The day was warm one, and it was a real treat to spend a day at so…