Posted on: September 23rd, 2007
Filed Under: [ Community ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Mississippi ]
“”I think we have to re-educate ourselves, whites have to educate on black history and black history has to educate on white and Latino history,” Leos said.
That’s the goal of a two-day conference in Canton this weekend. Around 30 people gathered at the United Auto Workers Justice Center for the ‘Black-Brown Unity Conference.’
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference teamed up with the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance to discuss ways to unite both races on issues like labor, immigration reform, and education.”
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