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Tallahassee Racial Tensions

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I am interested in doing a project on racial tensions in Tallahassee because in the last year racial tensions have been escalating. I want to shed light on the historical aspect of racism in Tallahassee and then bring it to the forefront by showing that the same issues are still happening today. For example the Ku Klux Klan, Church 's are being burned down, confederate flag and protests/rallies. Usually when one hears of things like this they think of the civil rights era. I want to enlighten people that racially we have not come as far in America and Tallahassee as we thought we have. Furthermore, I want to cover KKK flyers being posted up in residential suburban caucasian neighborhoods. I also want to touch on protests that have happened

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