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White Student Spits on Black Visitor at African American History Museum in DC

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Oct 17, 2019
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A middle school class trip from Connecticut was promptly removed from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on October 11 after a student spat on a Black museum patron.

Shelton Intermediate School Principal Dina Marks claimed the student's actions were not “racially motivated.” Marks, who was with students during the c…

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