Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman found freedom via the Underground Railroad and became one of its conductors.
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Trapped in a mineshaft for 9 days, Maurice Ruddick sustained his companions with song and prayer.
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Oscar Peterson was regarded by many as the greatest jazz pianist in the world.
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Among the last segregated schools closed were one in Ontario, 1965, and in Nova Scotia, 1983.
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