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Virtual Murrell chats with Jimmy Carter two years before Carter was elected president in 1976. Courtesy photo. Virtual Murrell chats with Jimmy Carter two years before Carter was elected president in 1976. Courtesy photo.

In 1974, Then-Gov. Jimmy Carter Visited the Home of Oakland Black Black Political Activist Virtual Murrell While Running for President

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(Left to right) Civil Rights Attorney Caree Harper comforts the victim’s mother as she becomes emotional when describing the attacks on her son while her attorney Bradley C. Gage listens. Verdugo Hills High School on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Tujunga, CA. (Solomon O. Smith /for California Black Media) (Left to right) Civil Rights Attorney Caree Harper comforts the victim’s mother as she becomes emotional when describing the attacks on her son while her attorney Bradley C. Gage listens. Verdugo Hills High School on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Tujunga, CA. (Solomon O. Smith /for California Black Media)
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CABSE members represent governmental agencies, charter schools and charter school organizations, public school districts, traditional public schools, and community colleges. The organization’s primary goal is to expand PK-14 educational opportunities for all students in California, with an emphasis on under-represented and under-served Black students.  CABSE members represent governmental agencies, charter schools and charter school organizations, public school districts, traditional public schools, and community colleges. The organization’s primary goal is to expand PK-14 educational opportunities for all students in California, with an emphasis on under-represented and under-served Black students. 
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Chris Lodgson and members of the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) held a reparations Listening Session in Sacramento, California, in August 2022. CJEC participated in many reparation activities across the state, specifically to raise awareness about how the effects of chattel slavery have reverberated for generations in California, leaving Black people at a distinct disadvantage in wealth, education, and health. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. Chris Lodgson and members of the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) held a reparations Listening Session in Sacramento, California, in August 2022. CJEC participated in many reparation activities across the state, specifically to raise awareness about how the effects of chattel slavery have reverberated for generations in California, leaving Black people at a distinct disadvantage in wealth, education, and health. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.
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