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Talladega College (1867- )
Talladega College was founded in 1867, and is Alabama’s oldest private historically black liberal arts college.  Located on 50 acres in the city of Talladega, Alabama, the wooded campus sits on a plateau about 700 feet above a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Talladega College was founded by two
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Derby’s Dose: Deplorable & Sickening Form of Torture Used to Punish Slaves in Jamaica
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Howard University
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