Getting comfortable with an uncomfortable history, SDSU professor discusses racism in San Diego

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Getting comfortable with an uncomfortable history, SDSU professor discusses racism in San Diego

… “It was a place where African Americans were turned down for loans … One was that if an African American was brought into California by … He also said that African Americans were training in Cuba and … I touch bases with our African American advisory board at the …

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