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A Colored Girl from New Orleans
The search for the origins of the global figure who came to be known as Adah Isaacs Menken has gone on for some 150 years. It began even before her premature death in 1868. Today Jewish, African American, and Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, black, colored, father, Jewish, Mark Twain, mother, mulatress, mulatto, NAACP, New Orleans
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