Is This a Real Pic of Sam Cooke and Muhammad Ali from Their Younger Days?

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Nur Ibrahim

Aug 12, 2023 Icons of the 1960s, the singer and the boxing champion were friends.

Did Braiding Maps in Cornrows Help Black Slaves Escape Slavery?

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Nur Ibrahim

Mar 12, 2022 Stories shared on social media claimed that Black slaves would create maps in cornrows to help o ...

Were 'Cakewalks' Dances Performed by Black Slaves on Plantations?

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Jessica Lee

Feb 19, 2022 Several readers asked us if the word — which is often used to describe something that's easy to ...