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SEPTEMBER 05, 2008

Topic 6: Connecting the past and the present

Learning from history

Reducedzoranealehurston_9 Jim Crow laws in America marked a negative time in our nation’s history. Author George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” What does this phrase mean? What types of connections from the past to the present can you find in the St. Petersburg Times? Click on the link below to begin blogging.

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