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 This memorial was built to celebrate the accomplishments of The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Robert Gould Shaw in the late 1800's by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first all black regiments in the United States Armed Forces. This monument is located in Boston, Massachusetts on the Boston Commons. Additional Resources
This week we got to St. Paul, Minnesota and visit the beautiful Roy Wilkins Memorial, "Spiral for Justice". This memorial was dedicated in 1995 and designed by sculptor Curtis Patterson. This memorial is dedicated to the famous civil rights icon, Roy Wilkins. He will be best remembered as the Executive Director of the NAACP after the death of Walter White. He served as the head of the NAACP for 22 years. Below you will find photos of the memorial and links to additional resources about Roy Wilkins.
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I was reading an article about what foreign languages African American should teach their children when I read this paragraph: "The conservative estimate is that half the population in Brazil is of African descent – which means that Brazil has a black population that is almost three times the size of the African-American population in the United States. Brazil has the largest number of African descendents in the Americas. In the world, Brazil is second only to Nigeria in terms of the number of black people living within its borders." I had no idea that there were that many people of African |
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