Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Black History Month: Day One

Crispus Attucks 1723 - 1770

Heroic Patriot, American Revolution
Merchant seaman who challenged the British soldiers and was first to be killed in the Boston Massacre, the event which is cited as the beginning of the War of Independence. A Boston Commons monument was erected in his memory.

Read more Crispus Attucks at http://www.africawithin.com/bios/crispus_attucks.htm

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