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Father. Organizer. Best-selling Author. Fmr.President & CEO @NAACP. Books: Reach (2014) & Never Forget Our People Were Always Free (2023). Views are my own.
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Never forget Crispus Attucks, Black patriots

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By Ben Jealous Verified
| St. Louis American Verified
Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should also reckon with Paul Revere’s picture. His engraving of the Boston Massacre helped light the fire for revolution. It showed British soldiers firing into a crowd. Men fell dead in the street. Yet the first man killed that night is hidden in plain sight. His name was Crispus Attucks. He was a sailor of African and Native ancestry.
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A nation that forgets its history is bound

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By Ben Jealous Verified
| The Dallas Examiner Verified
As federal agents reexamine 2020 ballots in Atlanta’s Fulton County, Ben Jealous traces a long U.S. history of efforts to discredit voters and restrict whose voice counts. Voting rights is back in the news because some people are still trying to decide whose votes deserve trust. In Georgia, the Justice Department and FBI under President Donald Trump have reopened questions around Fulton County’s 2020 election records after agents seized hundreds of boxes of ballots.
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It Is Time to Redraw the Revolution, Again

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By Ben Jealous Verified
| Globaldiasporanews Verified
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Discover more World News Diaspora Book Publishing Global Diaspora News America turns 250 this week. We should be proud. We should also be honest. By Ben Jealous — Politics (Right) Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should also reckon with Paul Revere’s picture. His engraving of the Boston Massacre helped light the fire for revolution. It showed British soldiers firing into a crowd. Men fell dead in the street.
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