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Racial Justice

America, especially Boston, has been fighting for racial justice for years and years to come.
While our nation has made incredible strides towards equality, there still exists a widening gap.
Events in recent years reveal the harsh realities of racial divide and that there is more to be done!

Read each column carefully. Can you guess what year each quote is from? Click on the boxes to reveal the year!

1954 or 2017?

"NAACP? Who me? But why? I'm doing OK."

1954
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"...brothers and sisters from struggling black communities can no longer see themselves or their dreams through the eyes of their more successful peers. And those successful peers...too often run away and sometimes even disassociate their circumstance from that of the people with whom they were raised."

2017
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1969 or 2017?

"...the truth is that - as of this year - the civil rights movement is very much alive."

1969
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"'This isn’t new - it’s always been relevant,'" said Sade Moonsammy, a marcher and friend of Ms. Jacob’s. 'We aren’t asking for anything that our parents haven’t already asked for. We’re still in the fight.'”

2017
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