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New Philadelphia, Illinois, is thought to be the first town in the US formally established by an African American. Among founder “Free Frank” McWorter's priorities was that members of his family attend school, years before state law supported education for children not classified as “white.” It is well established that a later schoolhouse, built around 1874, was racially integrated. However, conflicting...
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