Traveling to Lincoln from Boston, Higginbotham said her grandfather, the Rev. Walter Henderson Brooks, was born a slave in 1851. He “worked” for a tobacco company in Richmond, Virginia.

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“With malice toward none, with charity for all,” even after four years of horrific war.

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B.R. Ambedkar Biography: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, also known as B.R. Ambedkar, was born in Mhow, India, on April 14, 1891. Every year, April 14 is designated as Ambedkar Jayanti. Look into his ...