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Launched in 2015, Black Mail is your source for lesser-known black history facts. We celebrate history makers, movements, and moments that have shaped our world.
The Virginia Calculator: Thomas Fuller, A Gifted Mathematician
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Black History: Special Delivery!! "Image Ownership: Public Domain" Thomas Fuller (1710-1790) was known as the “Virginia Calculator”. Fuller was stolen…
Before Emmett Till There Was Willie James Howard
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Willie James Howard’s flirtatious card sent to a white girl in 1944 would result in…