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Born April 11, 1865 • New York City • New York
Died July 15, 1951 (aged 86) • Massachusetts
Founder National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Notable Works “Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York” • “Portraits in Color” • “The Walls Came Tumbling Down”
Role In American civil rights movement

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