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A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.
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Max Baer, Athlete (1959) |
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