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In the Bubble with Jaime | Growing Up Black and in Poverty

Jaime Harrison, the 2020 Senate candidate for South Carolina, talks about growing up as a young, Black boy with few economic means. Harrison shares one story of going back to school knowing his single mother could not afford new clothes for him and how that experience was emotionally difficult for him as a child.

In the Bubble with Jaime | Growing Up Black and in Poverty

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