Antonio Vieira advised the King of Portugal and later became a member of the Royal Council.
Padre António Vieira was born in Lisbon to Cristóvão Vieira Ravasco, the son of a [biracial Black] woman, Maria de Azevedo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Vieira
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Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (21 June 1830 – 24 August 1882) was a Brazilian lawyer
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"Urban renewal means negro removal"
- James Baldwin
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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was [a
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Audubon Ballroon (he/him)