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Lesson Plan Clip 5 | The Neutral Ground
CJ reflects on ways that history can sometimes leave out the parts of the slave narrative that are empowering. He participates in a slavery rebellion reenactment. Dread Scott, the artist and organizer of the reenactment explains that it is a demonstration that shows that “black people had the most radical ideas of freedom at the time.” CJ expresses the impact that participating in the reenactment
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