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  Rosa Parks Innovating Society

  Rosa Parks Innovating Society

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  Elizabeth Keckley - Slavery to Dress ...

  Elizabeth Keckley - Slavery to Dress ...

  This insightful look at Elizabeth Keckley, born into slavery, freed woman, dressmaker to Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis and Mary Todd Lincoln, brings to light a little known part of the Lincoln story and American history

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  Nelly Custis' Original Handmade Music...

  Nelly Custis' Original Handmade Music...

  George Washington's step-granddaughter is described in letters and other primary sources as a highly-skilled musician. We have several volumes of Nelly's hand-copied musical exercises, popular songs, and technical notes in the Mount Vernon collection. Dr. Joyce Lindorff studied these documents as...