Manhattan was the capital of the twentieth century for black writers, artists, and intellectuals as much as it was for their white counterparts.

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• John Locke

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  Sunday, Aug 29, 1632
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• John Muir

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• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  Wednesday, May 25, 1803
  Thursday, Apr 27, 1882

• Marcus Aurelius

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• Jordan Peterson

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• Julius Caesar

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  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

• Nelson Mandela

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  Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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  Wednesday, Mar 15, 1933
  

• Joe Biden

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  Friday, Nov 20, 1942
  

• Ernest Hemingway

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  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
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• Groucho Marx

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  Thursday, Oct 02, 1890
  Friday, Aug 19, 1977

• Mother Teresa

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  Friday, Aug 26, 1910
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• Maya Angelou

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  Wednesday, Apr 04, 1928
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• Oscar Wilde

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• Tyler, The Creator

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