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  • Black history that isn't taught: Historians share lesser known moments in racial history

    Feb 5, 2024 12:00 pm by ABC NewsIllinois in the News
    Some 100 civil rights demonstrators kept an all-night vigil before the Democratic Convention Hall in an attempt to seat members of the Freedom Democratic Party, Aug. 24, 1964, Atlantic City, N.J. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images

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    ABC News (Feb. 2) 'We’re fighting to ensure the most accurate interpretation, the most factual, empirical analysis of our experience is made available to our people and to the world,' says U of I professor Sundiata Cha-Jua.

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