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Ed Emanuel, Jerry Brock, Ellis Gates, Thad Givens, Franklin Swann, Lawton Mackey and Donald Mann from J.M. Harper’s‘Soul Patrol.’ Courtesy of Sundance Institute. By Okla Jones ·Updated February 10, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In America, history has rarely treated the Black people who helped build this country with fairness. Their contributions have often been minimized, overlooked or deliberately erased. Lately, that pattern of erasure feels more prevalent
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