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Do you remember the time Prince performed at Gallaudet? It's true! While in town for his Purple Rain tour, the legendary artist gave a special concert just for the Gallaudet community. Check out the story thread and photographs! #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackPride #gallaudet 
Also read: boundarystones.weta.org/2016/04/22/pri…
From African Prince to Mississippi Slave: Abdul Rahman Ibrahima
In the summer of 1829, Abdul Rahman Ibrahima returned to Africa after 40 years of enslavement in the United States.
In the summer of 1829, Abdul Rahman Ibrahima returned to Africa after 40 years of enslavement in the United States.
Having obtained his freedom via the agency of President John Quincy Adams, he set off on the voyage that was supposed to take him to his birthplace in Timbuktu, in what is now Mali.
However, he made it only as far as the American colony in Monrovia, Liberia, where he died July 6, 1829, shortly after his arrival.
