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 Arturo Schomburg: The AfroPuerto Rican Who Saved Black History

A teacher told Arturo Schomburg that Black people had no history. He spent his life proving her wrong — and built the archive that anchors Harlem today.
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Juneteenth AfroLatino: 5 Powerful Truths History Erased

Most enslaved Africans never landed in the U.S. — they landed in Latin America. Why Juneteenth's story of Black freedom is a hemispheric one.
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