{"id":13374,"date":"2021-02-23T15:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/?p=13374"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:35:38","slug":"part-four-black-history-month-did-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2021\/02\/part-four-black-history-month-did-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Part Four! Black History Month: Did you know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The oldest Black female Greek-letter organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aka1908.com\/about\/founders\">was founded at Howard University<\/a> in 1908. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha), the first Black male Greek-letter organization,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apa1906.net\/\">was founded in 1906<\/a>\u00a0at Cornell University.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/aia\/part4\/4p2944.html\">estimated that around 100,000 enslaved people <\/a>escaped to the North via the Underground Railroad from 1810 to 1850.<\/li>\n<li>In July 1777,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/blog-post\/vermont-1777-early-steps-against-slavery\">Vermont became the first colony<\/a> to ban slavery.<\/li>\n<li>In 1738, a group of newly freed men and women founded the town Gracia Real De Santa Teresa De Mose, Florida. 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