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17 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history and your true heroes because they know that knowledge will help set you free.” ~ Assata Shakur
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16 May
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Liberian President, Samuel Doe was the first world leader to be tortured on camera before being executed and his body desecrated on September 9, 1990. Image
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