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MannBio.pdf
Biographical information for Miriam D. Mann, one of the "human computers" for NASA

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Photograph of Booker T. Washington, who graduated from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.

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Man participates in the dig for historical evidence of the "contraband" camp in Hampton, Virginia.

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Photograph showing the results of a dig for the Hampton History Museum on the site of a "Contraband" camp. Holes like this were used by slaves to store personal belongings.

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"Come back here, you black rascal." "Can't come back nohow, massa; Dis chile's CONTRABAN'"

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Excerpt from the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed at the session of 1869-'70 showing Virginia granting a charter establishing the Hampton Agricultural and Normal Institute.

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General Armstrong was instrumental in starting the Hampton University, then known as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
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