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Ending America鈥檚 Exception to Slavery
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An Ode to Hip-Hop, from Education: 50 Years of a Genre in the Classroom
50 years later, hip-hop still has a major impact on U.S. education and educators continue to use hip-hop to engage young people in school.
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An Alabama Brawl and the Power of Black Resistance
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