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5 Masterman students secure historical marker commemorating 1967 school walkout

Philly students secure historical marker commemorating 1967 school walkout notorious for Rizzo brutality – Click here to read the WHYY story YESTERDAY’S PROTESTS, TODAY In 1967, thousands of students marched to protest inadequate schooling for Black Philadelphians. In this new moment of racial uprising, a group of high schoolers won the right to honor them. Click here…