When Europeans came upon real ruined cities they refused to believe that they had been built by Africans. Here the past has been distorted and denied. (Henry Louis Gates)

When Europeans came upon real ruined cities they refused to believe that they had been built by Africans. Here the past has been distorted and denied.

Henry Louis Gates

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