Martin Delany — American Soldier born on May 06, 1812, died on January 24, 1885

Martin Robison Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism. He was one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School... (wikipedia)

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