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Bakari Sellers: “We refuse to talk about April 4th, 1968, where Dr. King was assassinated? February 8th, 1968, the Orangeburg Massacre?…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2023
We refuse to talk about April 4th, 1968, where Dr. King was assassinated? February 8th, 1968, the Orangeburg Massacre? ... That's not something that is a fairy tale. That is a history of who we are.
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Bakari Sellers
Democratic · South Carolina

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Bakari Sellers argues for the importance of teaching accurate history, including significant events related to civil rights.

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