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Marcus Foster’s education legacy lives on in the East Bay and beyond

Mention Marcus Foster’s name today and most Oakland residents would draw a blank.   Yet the first Black superintendent of the city’s school district spearheaded changes that still are making a difference almost 50 years after his murder.   “Even when I talk about it, I get emotional,” said former Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Gary Yee […]

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