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Reflecting on the legacy of O.J. Simpson

APR 12, 202417 MIN
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Reflecting on the legacy of O.J. Simpson

APR 12, 202417 MIN

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With the news of O.J. Simpson's death on Thursday, we're revisiting our reporting from 2016, where we took a look into how Simpson went from being "too famous to be Black," to becoming a stand-in for the way Black people writ-large were mistreated by the U.S. carceral system.

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