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TIL Influential Evangelical minister Jerry Falwell Sr. railed against MLK jr, staunchly opposed allowing black and white students to attend the same school, and founded a private school for whites only. He never apologized for his racial views but he did become less public about them in later years

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4N0J TIL that Denzel Washington has never done a sequel to any of his movies, a rare thing in Hollywood these days.
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