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We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of @legacysites.eji.org

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On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of 200 or more innocent Black women, men, and children in Phillips County, Arkansas, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting.
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Sep. 30, 1919 | 200 or More Black People Massacred in Elaine, Arkansas
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 29/09/2026
On this day in 1915, Alabama passed a law forbidding public and private medical facilities from letting any "white female nurse" provide care to a Black man.
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Sep. 29, 1915 | Alabama Forbids White Nurses to Treat Black Men
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/09/2026
On this day in 1868, violence erupted in Opelousas, Louisiana, when white residents resentful of African Americans' new voting rights attacked and killed hundreds of people.
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Sep. 28, 1868 | White Mobs Massacre Black Community in Opelousas, Louisiana
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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 27/09/2026
Experience an unforgettable journey through American history at EJI's four Legacy Sites—the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and Montgomery Square. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org/
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 27/09/2026
On this day in 1958, after violent resistance to integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, white residents voted to close local public schools rather than comply with federal desegregation orders.
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1963, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the contempt conviction of Mary Hamilton, a Black woman who refused to allow an Alabama district attorney to disrespect her in court.
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Sep. 26, 1963 | Alabama Supreme Court Approves White Prosecutor's Insult of Black Woman
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 25/09/2026
On this day in 1913, the Baltimore City Council passed an ordinance requiring Black and white residents to live on separate blocks. The law was part of the first city-wide effort in the country to create legally segregated neighborhoods.
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Sep. 25, 1913 | Baltimore Law Requires Black and White Residents to Live on Separate Blocks
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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 24/09/2026
The power of history is in telling the truth. Being honest about our nation’s history is the first step towards recovery and reconciliation. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, is a sacred space for all.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/09/2026
On this day in 1964, a crowd of at least 7,500 white demonstrators marched in New York City to protest against racial integration in the city’s public school system.
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Sep. 24, 1964 | Over 7,500 People Protest Racial Integration of New York City Schools
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 23/09/2026
On this day in 1955, an all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted the two white men who murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till.
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Sep. 23, 1955 | All-White Jury Acquits White Men Who Murdered 14-Year-Old Emmett Till
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 22/09/2026
On this day in 1906, mobs of angry white men gathered in the streets of Atlanta to attack and kill dozens of innocent Black men on sight.
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Sep. 22, 1906 | White Mobs Terrorize African Americans in Atlanta, Killing Dozens
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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 21/09/2026
At our Legacy Museum, visitors can see 800 jars of soil collected from lynching sites across the country. Part of our Community Remembrance Project, the jars provide a tangible way for communities and Museum visitors to confront the legacy of racial terror lynchings.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 21/09/2026
On this day in 2011, Georgia executed Troy Davis despite new evidence of his innocence. The evidence was so compelling that three of his jurors urged the government to stop the execution.
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Sep. 21, 2011 | Troy Davis Executed in Georgia Despite Evidence of Innocence
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 20/09/2026
On this day in 1664, the Maryland legislature passed the first colonial law intended to prevent interracial marriage. It would take over 300 years for such “anti-miscegenation” laws to be banned across the U.S.
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Sep. 20, 1664 | Maryland Passes Colonies’ First Law Opposing Interracial Marriage
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 19/09/2026
On this day in 1868, white mobs led by the local sheriff in Camilla, Georgia, ambushed and attacked Black people and supporters at a political rally, killing at least 7 people in a mass lynching.
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Sep. 19, 1868 | White Mobs Ambush Black People in Georgia in Mass Lynching
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 18/09/2026
Former Alabama Department of Corrections employee Melvin Ledarrius Thomas, 35, has been criminally charged in connection with the stabbing death of a man in his custody in September 2025.
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Alabama Prison Guard Charged for Failing to Act During Fatal Stabbing
Melvin Ledarrius Thomas charged in connection with the death of a man in his custody.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 18/09/2026
On this day in 1923, the NAACP denounced remarks by Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Mayor Joseph Cauffiel, who had threatened Black and Mexican migrants, telling them to leave town or risk violence.
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Sep. 18, 1923 | NAACP Protests After PA Mayor's Threats Force Black and Mexican Residents to Flee
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 18/09/2026
The State of Alabama executed Jeffery Lee tonight, despite the fact that a jury of his peers voted for a sentence of life imprisonment.
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Alabama Executes Jeffery Lee Despite Jury Vote for Life
The State executed Mr. Lee on September 17.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 17/09/2026
The jury in Jeffery Lee's trial voted for a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. The State of Alabama plans to execute him today. One of his jurors is praying that God saves Mr. Lee's life.
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A Juror’s Prayer
Ozetta Thomas and a majority of jurors voted to spare Jeffery Lee’s life. The State of Alabama is planning to execute him anyway.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 17/09/2026
On this day in 1630, the Virginia Assembly sentenced Hugh Davis, a white man, to be whipped for having a relationship with a Black person.
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Sep. 17, 1630 | White Man Whipped for Interracial Relations in Colonial Virginia
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 16/09/2026
On this day in 1928, a levee broke during a Florida hurricane, killing thousands of Black farmworkers. Black victims were denied proper burials—their bodies were stacked in piles and burned.
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Sep. 16, 1928 | Hundreds of Black Victims of Hurricane Denied Proper Burial in Florida
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 15/09/2026
On this day in 1963, a white man detonated a bomb under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, with 400 congregants inside. Four Black children were killed in the blast.
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Sep. 15, 1963 | Four Black Girls Killed in Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 14/09/2026
An Alabama jury rejected the death penalty for Jeffery Lee and voted for life imprisonment without parole. The State nonetheless plans to execute Mr. Lee on September 17.
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Alabama Plans to Execute Jeffery Lee Despite Jury Vote for Life
The State plans to execute Mr. Lee on September 17.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 14/09/2026
On this day in 1874, 1,500 members of the White League—a militia of Confederate veterans opposed to the civil rights goals of Reconstruction—attacked New Orleans and overthrew the Louisiana government.
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Sep. 14, 1874 | White Militia Wages Coup Against Integrated Louisiana Government
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 13/09/2026
On this day in 1907, white Methodist ministers in Michigan voted to exclude Black clergy from leadership positions in the church, grounding this vote in white supremacist views and fears of Black advancement.
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Sep. 13, 1907 | White Methodists Exclude Black Clergy in Michigan
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 12/09/2026
On this day in 1966, 250 Black students were attacked for trying to integrate schools in Grenada, Mississippi. Twelve years after Brown v. Board, the city maintained fully segregated schools.
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Sep. 12, 1966 | White Mob Attacks Black Students for Integrating Schools in Grenada, MS
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 11/09/2026
Lonnie G. Bunch III announced this week that he will be stepping down after seven years as secretary of the Smithsonian. His departure comes during a period of unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration on the beloved American institution.
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Head of the Smithsonian Institution Stepping Down
Lonnie G. Bunch III to retire at the end of this year.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 11/09/2026
On this day in 1895, South Carolina officials met to rewrite the state constitution. Their work resulted in a new constitution that successfully disenfranchised Black voters for nearly 70 years.
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Sep. 11, 1895 | South Carolina Officials Rewrite Constitution; Disenfranchise Black Voters
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 10/09/2026
On this day in 1962, a mob of white people fired on the home of Joe and Rebecca McDonald, an elderly African American couple in Ruleville, Mississippi, because they helped Black people register to vote.
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Sep. 10, 1962 | Mob of White People Fires On Home of Elderly Couple Who Helped Register Black Voters
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 09/09/2026
"Juries wanted them to live. Alabama judges sent them to die."
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Juries wanted them to live. Alabama judges sent them to die. Will Kay Ivey side with the jurors?
25 people remain on death row, even though the jury didn't vote for them to die. The governor could change that.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 09/09/2026
On this day in 1957, white church members and a minister preaching against the sinfulness of racial integration staged a protest outside of desegregating Nashville schools. The next day, a local elementary school was bombed.
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Sep. 9, 1957 | White Residents Use Religion to Justify Segregation; Elementary School Bombed
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 08/09/2026
On this day in 1910, the Texas House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution encouraging U.S. senators and congressmen to work toward repealing the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted citizenship to Black people born in the U.S.
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Sep. 8, 1910 | Texas House of Representatives Votes To Support Disenfranchisement of Black Citizens
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 07/09/2026
On this day in 1913, eight Black men at a Texas prison farm suffocated after they were placed in an underground cell as punishment for not picking cotton fast enough.
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Sep. 7, 1913 | 8 Black Men Suffocate In Prison Cell, Punished for Not Picking Enough Cotton
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 06/09/2026
On this day in 1963, local merchants in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, began enforcing an ordinance that denied service to all members of the U.S. military, regardless of their race, to protest integration.
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Sep. 6, 1963 | Louisiana Parish Denies Service to All Military to Protest Integration
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/09/2026
On this day in 1912, a white mob in Princeton, West Virginia, lynched an innocent Black man named Robert Johnson after he was wrongly accused of assaulting a white girl.
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Sep. 5, 1912 | White Mob Lynches Robert Johnson in Princeton, West Virginia
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 04/09/2026
On this day in 1875, armed white men from Clinton and Vicksburg, Mississippi, formed roving bands targeting Black men. An estimated 50 Black people were killed.
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Sep. 4, 1875 | Massacre by White Mob in Clinton, Mississippi, Leaves Dozens of Black People Dead
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 03/09/2026
On this day in 1901, Alabama adopted a new state constitution that prohibited interracial marriage and mandated separate schools for Black and white children.
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Sep. 3, 1901 | Alabama Makes Racial Segregation Mandatory
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 02/09/2026
On this day in 1885, white citizens in Rock Springs, Wyoming, waged a brutal attack against Chinese miners hired by the Union Pacific Railroad, leaving 28 dead. No one was ever held responsible.
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Sep. 2, 1885 | White Residents in Wyoming Wage Violent Attacks Against Chinese Miners
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 01/09/2026
Virginia, which once had the highest number of Confederate monuments of all states, removed its last three Confederate monuments from Capitol Square on Friday and no longer publicly displays any Confederate monuments on state property.
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Virginia Removes Last Three Confederate Monuments From Capitol
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 01/09/2026
On this day in 1884, a San Francisco public school refused to accept an eight-year-old Chinese American student's enrollment because of her race.
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Sep. 1, 1884 | San Francisco Public Schools Deny Admission to Chinese American Children
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 31/08/2026
On this day in 1966, 12 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the Alabama Senate passed a law that made it illegal for public schools to make school integration plans with federal officials.
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Aug. 31, 1966 | Alabama Senate Passes Law to Forbid School Integration
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 30/08/2026
On this day in 1956, mobs of white citizens blocked Mansfield High School to prevent Black children from registering. The mob also burned a Black effigy at the top of the school’s flagpole.
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Aug. 30, 1956 | White Mobs Block School Integration in Mansfield, Texas
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 29/08/2026
On this day in 1961, a white man brutally beat civil rights leader Bob Moses as he accompanied Black residents of Amite County, Mississippi, to the county courthouse to register to vote.
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Aug. 29, 1961 | Bob Moses Brutally Beaten While Registering Black Voters in Mississippi
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/08/2026
On this day in 1955, two white men abducted and murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi.
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Aug. 28, 1955 | Emmett Till Abducted and Murdered in Mississippi Delta
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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 27/08/2026
Breathtaking art and original artifacts bring to life the history of the 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America. The National Monument to Freedom—displaying over 100,000 names of formerly enslaved Black people—is the heart of this space. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 27/08/2026
On this day in 1960, hundreds of white people armed with baseball bats and ax handles attacked Black activists after they staged a peaceful sit-in at a "white-only" restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Aug. 27, 1960 | Sit-In Demonstrators Attacked in Jacksonville, Florida
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 26/08/2026
On this day in 1874, a mob of 400 to 500 white men seized 16 Black men from the Gibson County Jail in Trenton, Tennessee, and lynched them.
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Aug. 26, 1874 | White Mob in Tennessee Kidnaps and Lynches 16 Black Men
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 25/08/2026
On this day in 1956, the home of Montgomery Pastor Robert Graetz was bombed. Pastor Graetz, a white man, had been an outspoken supporter of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Aug. 25, 1956 | Home of Another Bus Boycott Supporter Bombed
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/08/2026
On this day in 1956, the governor of Virginia pledged to withhold funding from any local government that integrated its schools, saying, "If we accept admission of one Negro child into a white school, it's all over.”
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Aug. 24, 1956 | Virginia Governor Vows to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 23/08/2026
On this day in 1989, a group of white teenagers killed a 16-year-old Black boy named Yusef Hawkins after he walked into a predominantly white neighborhood in Brooklyn to inquire about a used car.
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Aug. 23, 1989 | White Mob Murders Black Teen in Brooklyn, New York
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