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American Black Journal
Detroit Public School Crisis
Stephen Henderson sits with Ivy Bailey, the head of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, to discuss the impoverished conditions inside some Detroit school buildings and the recent resignation of the district’s emergency manager. Episode 4418/Segment 1.
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