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| | Marcus Garvey - Alessandro de' Medici - Great People of Color |
 | | As Duke of Florence, Alessandro, after the death of Pope Clement, became the head of one of the most illustrious families in European history--a family that furnished a long roll of statesmen and patrons of art, as well as three popes, three kings of France, three queens, and a mother of one of England's kings. |
 | | They, with the Pope, were the last of the cider branch of the family. |
 | | The Pope, its head, was having considerable difficulty trying to preserve the orthodox faith, and with it his hold on European politics. |
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