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LAKOTA

LAKOTA Monument of Native American Hero “Crazy Horse” Slowly Taking Shape in South Dakota Have you heard about the Crazy Horse sculpture in South Dakota? It is a monument, that once completed, should be larger than Mount Rushmore and is being constructed without any governmental funding. The sculpture is located 17 miles from Mount Rushmore Read More…

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Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison

Black Descendant of 4th U.S. President James Madison Publishes Book About His Black Family. Santa Fe, NM — Dr. Bettye Kearse, retired pediatrician and black descendant of President James Madison, is the author of the award-winning book The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President’s Black Family (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020). In recounting the struggles, perseverance, and Read More…

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First Lady Bank President

“Miss Maggie” Walker, the daughter of a former slave, who in 1903 became the first woman of any race to found and become president of an American bank. Three of its branches still operate. Maggie Walker also founded a newspaper and a department store called “Saint Luke’s Emporium.