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the first Black person to travel into space

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24 years old and one of only two black lawyers in Montgomery

Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers--genial

A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attacks

Indigenous Continent COLOR:Book the first Black person toThere is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus ''discovers'' a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake out as much of this astonishing ''New World'' as possible. Though Indigenous peoples fight back, they cannot stop the onslaught. White imperialists are destined to rule the continent, and history is an irreversible march toward Indigenous destruction.