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Bakari Sellers, "My Vanishing Country"

Lectures in History

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How Long Does It Take to Do a Home Project?

My father was arrested by the only black sheriff deputy in orangeburg, South Carolina. My father was escorted up to the cumbia correctional institute where he was housed after his bonfire was denied. I say people often that thin those eight seconds, lives were forever altered and dreams were deferred. Anybody who tells you we haven't made progress in this country is just lying to you. No matter how dark it gets, you understand that we've made a great deal of progress in this nation. But the challenge for us is understanding that we still have yet aways to go.

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