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Z8Eap TIL in the 1960s, convincing newly formed African countries to align with the US was crucial in the Cold War but racism towards African diplomats was making it difficult. JFK introduced civil rights bill as a result which eventually led to the Civil Rights Act.
oYvR TIL that prior to the 1820s, Christmas was a drunken revelry akin to Halloween. The poor would knock on the door of the rich and demand that they give them money or food.
vO5K TIL that on this 150th anniversary week of the Emancipation Proclamation you can listen to the actual voices of emancipated slaves, their first-hand stories recorded in 1930.