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  2. List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990

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    Moroney went missing after her mother, a struggling 17-year-old mother of two, gave her to a stranger calling herself "Julia Otis" in exchange for $2 on the understanding that the woman would take care of the girl in California for a short time and then return her to the Moroneys' Chicago home when things were better.

  3. List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1990–present

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    Los Angeles, California, U.S. Donner, an American anthropologist and writer, disappeared with four other women from Los Angeles, California in 1998. What became of Donner and three of the women who had also disappeared remains unknown. [103] February 1998 Widji Thukul: 34 Indonesia

  4. African-American names - Wikipedia

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    Enslaved Black people remained legally nameless from the time of their capture until American enslavers purchased them. [1] Economic historians Lisa D. Cook, John Parman and Trevon Logan have found that distinctive African-American naming practices happened as early as in the Antebellum period (mid-1800s).

  5. List of lynching victims in the United States - Wikipedia

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    African American: Rolesville: Wake: North Carolina: November 5, 1918: Rape of a white woman: No charges were filed. [374] There is a Web site on this lynching. [375] Woodson, Joel: African American: Green River: Sweatwater: Wyoming: December 10, 1918: Argument with a waitress: Hanged in railroad terminal [376] [377] Clark, Andrew: 15: African ...

  6. List of African-American activists - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.

  7. Lynching of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between 1865 and 1965, of around 5,000 Black lynching victims, between 120 and 200 Black women and girls were lynched, or around 3% to 4% of all victims. [2] A small number of women lynching victims were white, some of whom were lynched for associating with African Americans. Other women lynching victims were Indigenous, Latina, or Asian.

  8. List of feminist women of color - Wikipedia

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    Race: African American (Black) [12] Morrison is the first African-American women to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. [13] [14] Morrison was a professor at Texas Southern University and the State University of New York. [13] Published the novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Beloved, and Tar Baby. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for ...

  9. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...