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The Crossroads of the World
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The Sun and Herald Are Born
Blacks Speak Out
Leaves of Grass is published
The Harlem Renaissance
From Vaudeville to Broadway
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Incredible Optimism
1939 New York World's Fair
Cool People From the Past
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A Poet of the People
Step Right Up
A'Lelia Walker
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
James Weldon Johnson
Outsiders On Stage
America's First Stars
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
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