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The GuardianThe bust of Cheddar Man, depicting his dark skin and hair, and light blue eyes. Over a century ago, a fossil was unearthed of a man in Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, England. At the time, researchers believed that the man, known as Cheddar Man, likely had fair hair and light eyes and skin as

One year before the Civil War broke out, Elijah McCoy crossed the Atlantic to attend a Scottish university. McCoys parents were born enslaved, but they escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad. That gave the 15-year-old the freedom to pursue his dream of becoming a mechanical engineer.

On Jan. 5, 1980, the Sugarhill Gangs Rappers Delight became the first hip hop song to break into the Billboard Top 40. With that, hip hops run as a commercial phenomenon officially kicked off.

Flickr/Product of NewfoundlandThirty-eight diverted flights landed at Gander Airport on September 11th. September 11, 2001 marks one of the most horrific terrorist events in the history of the United States. On that fateful day, four coordinated attacks were carried out by the extremist group al-Qaeda, killing nearly 3,000 people. Authorities quickly shut down American airspace,

The Froebel school (pictured) boycott of 1945 involved several hundred white students protesting the school's integration of black students. This photo was taken in 2004, before the abandoned building was finally torn down.