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- Text: ... publication, in 2002, of The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts, the only known novel by a female African American slave and possibly the first novel by an African American woman. He is the co-author, with Cornel West, of The Future ofthe Race (Knopf, 1996), and the author of a me...
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- Text: The unit dealt with the Civil War, quilt making and symbols in quilts that showed slaves how to escape and find help via the Underground Railroad. Students interacted with a local Senior Center for an additional intergenerational experiential component.
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- Text: ... border, Detroit was an important participant in the Underground Railroad. This tour will visit several sites that sheltered slaves as they moved north to freedom, as well as the new monuments located at both Detroit and Windsor waterfronts, that will be erected as part of Detroit's 30...
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- Text: ...The permanent exhibit spans 400 years of African American history, beginning with a 70-foot reproduction of a slave ship, which describes the M iddle Passage to the Americas, through civil rights and issues of today's African American community, with Detroit's history interwoven i...
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- Text: ...'s inaugural exhibit , "An Epic of Heroism: the Underground Railroad in Michigan," depicts the history of the slave trade and the struggle for freedom. "Motown Historical Museum" housed at Hitsville, USA, in the New Center. Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, pu...
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