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  How the Freedom Schools educated Black pupils in the struggle for desegregated public schools

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  When it became clear that the directive for desegregated public schools that is allowing Black children to be educated in public schools along their white counterparts was still being resisted despite...

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  The sad tale of the Black reverend who was killed by 6 white thugs stealing his 270-acre land

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  Yes, this piece involves another white jury which absolved a white criminal. It also involves land capture and murder of a reverend even when the assailants identify as Christians. Amite County, Mississippi...

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  How Whipped Peter’s scarred back exposed White Northerners to evidence of the oppression of slaves

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  His photograph displaying scars stunned Americans in the north and still evokes a peculiar sadness regarding human cruelty. Gordon also known as “Whipped Peter” was photographed at a union...

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  Joseph Jackson; the inventor who created the TV remote to enhance your TV viewing experience

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  His device is widely used at homes to improve the television viewing experience and while many may not know Dr. Joseph N. Jackson, he is a big deal. Prior to making the TV remote what it is today, viewers...

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  Inside New York’s basketball mecca called the Rucker Park

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  New York’s Rucker Park is rightly hailed as a mecca of where some of basketball’s most resolute, gifted, skillful and imposing figures put themselves to the test earn their street cred. Some...

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  ‘Hair Love’ – a film about a Black dad learning to care for his daughter’s hair wins an Oscar

  Michael Eli Dokosi

  ‘Hair Love,’ a short animated documentary about black hair is a winner at the 2020 Academy Awards. The film depicted a Black father learning how to do his daughter’s hair put together...

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