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Finding Your Roots
Lonnie Bunch Discovers His Grandfather's Heroic Educationonal Efforts
Lonnie learns about his grandfather Jesse who served on a school committee for the local school of Black students. However, his role was eventually terminated during the rise of Jim Crow, and he ended up purchasing his own farmland, the same land that Lonnie visited in his teenage years.
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