Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901), born a slave who educated himself and became a tailor in Macon, Georgia. Served in House of Representatives during as a replacement for only two months in 1871.
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I’m not a nigger, I’m a man, but if you think I’m a nigger, it means you need it.
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African American WW1 heroes with French medals, Croix de Guerre
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Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901)
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George Lincoln Rockwell and members of the American Nazi Party attend a Nation of Islam summit in 1961
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Middle class African American family seated on lawn in Georgia, ca. 1899.
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But with Blood
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Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim Crow South