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Oscar De Priest, the first Black to serve in Congress in the 20th century, was born in Florence, Alabama in 1871.

National Black History Museum

POSTED: February 23, 2012, 12:00 am

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the official groundbreaking of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture that will be located on the Mall in Washington, DC.





Source: The White House

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