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Today in "I didn't know they were Black!!": Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://amantes-amentes.tumblr.com/post/16789894753/today-in-i-didnt-know-they-were-black-ludwig-van

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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who…
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