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Nov 2020
1h 8m

It Wasn't Enough to End Segregation | Em...

Lewis Howes
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"It wasn't enough to end segregation, we should've mandated integration." Today's guest is former pro athlete turned sports analyst, New York Times Best-Selling author, and host of the series, "Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man," which opened a virtual conversation with white America about race relations, racism, and educational and economic ineq ... Show More
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