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The first African-American man to win the heavyweight boxing title. He was a pioneer in sports and spent his adult life fighting racism in and out of the boxing ring. |
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This African-American artist and educator is best known for his murals in Houston. Maya Angelou described Biggers work as historic that "...leads us through his expressions into the discovery of ourselves at our most intimate level." |
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The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the South, the first woman to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, and the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery. |
