A chronology of Black history from the early slave trade through Affirmative Action
by Borgna Brunner
1600s • 1700s • 1800–1850 • 1850–1900 • 1900–1950 • 1950–present
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Maine, largest of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire (W), the Canadian provinces of Quebec (NW) and New Brunswick (NE), the Bay of…
Kentucky State Information
Official Name: The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Capital: Frankfort
Organized as a territory: January 1, 1777
Entered Union: June 1, 1792 (15th State)
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Virginia, state of the S Middle-Atlantic United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland…
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