Standing Up to Racism: Kobi J. at the San Francisco Benefit Dinner.
Student Kobi J. describes his successful effort to get his middle school renamed after learning it was originally named after a eugenicist. He delivers these remarks at the 2017 Facing History San Francisco benefit dinner.
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