The Black Explorer Who May Have Reached the North Pole First
In 1909 African American Matthew Henson trekked with explorer Robert Peary to what they claimed was the North Pole. Who got there first?
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In 1909 African American Matthew Henson trekked with explorer Robert Peary to what they claimed was the North Pole. Who got there first?
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During a race to the North Pole in 1909, The New York Times supported one explorer, while the rival New York Herald backed another.
A black sharecropper accompanied Robert Peary to the North Pole in 1909.
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