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A university grapples with its links to slavery and racism

The Hechinger Report

In 2014, a black student was attacked by a group of men in a truck as she returned to an off-campus housing complex, largely populated by Ole Miss students. While the scope of racism at Ole Miss has diminished over time, racist incidents continue to plague the school. The men doused her with alcohol and called her a black n *r.*

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

So Ron DeSantis, in his innovative efforts to destroy the ability of Florida educators to teach an honest and accurate American history, started to experiment around the ability to control not just speech and learning, coming on the hills of pushing back against gains made against voter suppression in that state.