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An Extraordinary Story Of A Loving Teenage Girl [1]

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Submitted by will on Tue, 01/14/2014 - 13:57

In 1996, a black teenager protected a white man from an angry mob who thought he supported the racist Ku Klux Klan. It was an act of extraordinary courage and kindness - and is still inspiring people today.

Keshia Thomas was 18 when the Ku Klux Klan, the white supremacist organisation, held a rally in her home town in Michigan.

Liberal, progressive and multicultural, Ann Arbor was an unusual place for the KKK to choose, and hundreds of people gathered to show them they were not welcome.

Read the full story (bbc.co.uk)... [2]


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[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24653643