Former Congresswoman Val Demings

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

But Jones had a drive to succeed. He remembered his childhood, when white teenagers had killed an elderly woman from his church. There was no investigation. He later said, "I was determined not to be what society said I was." — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

A local #BlackHistoryMonth story: David "Deacon" Jones was born in Eatonville, Florida in 1938. A magnificent sports player, he attended South Carolina State to play football. When they learned that he had participated in a civil rights march, his scholarship was revoked. https://t.co/YLXcSUjuMh — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

He found a place at Mississippi Vocational College (an #HBCU), sleeping in cots in the other teams' gyms on away games because hotels wouldn't take him or the other Black students. In 1961, he was drafted by the @Rams. — PolitiTweet.org

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