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Talking About Race: Another 50-year look back

posted on October 17, 2018 by Janet Givens
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Do you remember this photo?  Can you place it in time and space?  (location and era?) This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 1968 Summer Olympics (in Mexico) and the image above that was seared in our minds — October 16 for the detail-conscious among us. Do you remember how you reacted at the… more »
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