Jackie Robinson, first African American to enter Major League Baseball. Arturo Schomburg, collector of African American history and cultural artifacts. Nella Larsen, noted writer from the Harlem Renaissance. Charlotte Ray, first African American woman lawyer. James McCune Smith, first African American to earn a medical degree.
What do they have in common? They're all buried right here, in Brooklyn, New York at the Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Jackie Robinson, first African American to enter Major League Baseball. Arturo Schomburg, collector of African American history and cultural artifacts. Nella Larsen, noted writer from the Harlem Renaissance. Charlotte Ray, first African American woman lawyer. James McCune Smith, first African American to earn a medical degree.
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