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Dr. Kristal Moore Clemons

National Director of the CDF Freedom SchoolsⓇ program

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Dr. Darius Young

Director of the Black Archives at Florida A&M University

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Dr. Lauren Lefty

Assistant Professor of History and History Education, Northern Arizona University

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Keely Norris

Director of Training Initiatives, CDF Freedom SchoolsⓇ program

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Jaiyéolá A. Kasai

Training Initiatives Manager, CDF Freedom SchoolsⓇ program

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Kiana Eaddy

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Dr. Charles M. Payne

Affiliated Faculty Rutgers University-Newark

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Dr. Crystal R. Sanders

Affiliated Faculty Emory University

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Dr. Jon Hale

Affiliated Faculty University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dr. William Sturkey

Affiliated Faculty University of North Carolina

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Dr. Nishaun T. Battle

Affiliated Faculty Virginia State University

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Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Affiliated Faculty University of Florida

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Dr. Kimberly Brown Pellum

Affiliated Faculty Florida A&M University

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Dr. Davis Houck

Affiliated Faculty Florida State University

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Dr. Derrick P. Alridge

Affiliated Faculty University of Virginia

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Dr. Dara Walker

Affiliated Faculty Pennsylvania State University

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Dr. Ameenah Shakir

Affiliated Faculty Florida A&M University

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Dr. Kisha Howell

Affiliated Faculty Teachers College, Columbia University

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