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Drusilla Dunjee Houston

1876 – 1941

United States (West Virginia; Oklahoma; Arizona)

Self-trained historian, educator and journalist whose Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire (1926) argued for Black African influence on ancient civilizations; historians of her day largely dismissed it.

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Bronze statue of a kneeling Kushite king, c. 721–664 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. License: Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access).

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  1. BlackPast, "Drusilla Dunjee Houston (1876-1941)" (Reference)
  2. New York Amsterdam News, Herb Boyd, "'Wonderful' historian Drusilla Dunjee Houston" (2014) (Reference)
  3. Charles Town Library, "Born in Jefferson County, Drusilla Dunjee Houston made her mark in many places" (Reference)

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