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| | African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath (Part 2) |
 | | These men served in a variety of positions, as government officials, politicians, ministers, educators, diplomats, lawyers, and businessmen. |
 | | A group of Ohioans, including four African American men, established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, in 1856, and named it after the famous British abolitionist, William Wilberforce. |
 | | When the school failed to meet its financial obligations, leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased it in 1863. |
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