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Addie Billie - Ochopee, Florida
Addie Billie campaigned in her youth to make Seminole life better (1989). | Florida Memory
Women are not an interest group. They are mothers and daughters and sisters and wives. They are half of this country and they are perfectly capable of making their own choices about health. -President Barack Obama A Course In Miracles, Feminist Quotes, It Goes On, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, The Words, Great Quotes, Inspire Me, Wise Words
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Women are not an interest group. They are mothers and daughters and sisters and wives. They are half of this country and they are perfectly capable of making their own choices about health. -President Barack Obama
-Barack Obama 40th Quote, Religious Freedom, Life Quotes Love, Quotes About Strength, Womens Rights, A Quote, Thought Provoking
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-Barack Obama
an old photo of a man holding a tennis racquet in his right hand
There's a discrepancy on how Rene got the nickname Crocodile but either way I never knew any of this SMH.
a book with an image of a woman on it
Black History Feature of the Day: Did You Know That Dwight Eisenhower and Some Other Famous People Were Black?
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Mother, Ida - mother to the first African American president
a woman in a blue dress standing next to a potted plant with pink flowers
You'll Never Guess Who This Woman's Godmother Was
Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies, photographed by Camille Silvy, 1862 Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies was a child born into a royal West African dynasty. She was orphaned in 1848, when her parents were killed in a slave-hunting war. She was around five years old. In 1850, Sarah was taken to England and presented to Queen Victoria as a “gift” from the King of Dahomey. She became the queen’s goddaughter and a celebrity known for her extraordinary intelligence.
the statue of liberty stands in front of a stormy sky with lightning striking over new york city
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Oct. 28, 1886, The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland in the presence of its sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
an old man sitting in a chair holding a guitar
Encyclopedia of Appalachia
Unless, of course, you're watching "Deliverance."
an old black and white photo of people with children
Butter-making, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Photograph taken during Cecil...
Appalachian Mountain People and Music | Butter-making, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Photograph taken during Cecil ...
an old black and white photo of a native american man
Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs of the Haudenosaunee
an older man wearing a black shirt with a green and red badge on his collar
Oren Lyons on The Wizard of Oz
Oren Lyons on The Wizard of Oz - Oren talks about what the symbolism was behind this story - interesting!
a native american man sitting at a desk
She Sings to the Stars
Although we are in different boats, you in your boat and we in our canoe, we share the same river. - Chief Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy via She Sings to the Stars.
three brown and white pitbull dogs sitting on the ground with trees in the background
Because they can't say that they love more than anyone could ever train them to fight, but I can.