Some Exhibits to Come: One Hundred Years of Jim Crow

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A man stands in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 4, 2016 in Timbuktu, central Mali. 
Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu on February 4 celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012 and rebuilt thanks to UN cultural agency UNESCO.
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Nearly Three Centuries Of Enslavement
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One Hundred Years of Jim Crow
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  1. Dayon Grey on October 9, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    I think what you’re doing here is great!if it shows nothing else it shows our great gift of survival any other people who faced these kind of odds would end up extinct but not our people!it gives me hope that we can over come the most vile evil this world has to offer thank you!

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