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Bakari Sellers

This person was the youngest person ever elected to the South Carolina State House of Representatives, and this person works as a commentator on the cable channel CNN.

Cleveland Sellers

This person was a strong advocate and activist during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s in America, and this person helped lead a protest in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 1968 during which this person was shot.

Pop

A close friend of the author's, this person spent some time in jail, eventually earned a college degree, and continued to struggle to find well-paid work because of the criminal record.

James Clyburn

This person, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is a Black person from South Carolina with a long career in both the civil rights movement and Democratic politics.

Stokely Carmichael

This person was a civil rights activist originally from Trinidad who was...

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