Poll: How do you feel about Common being pulled as Kean’s commencement speaker?
Common was pulled as Kean’s commencement speaker after complaints from New Jersey State Troopers over a song the rapper wrote in 2000 about Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing one of their own in 1973.
Do you think Kean made the right decision pulling him from the graduation ceremony?
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KNOW THE HISTORY of the 1967 Newark Racial Riots-PBS Documentary
The reason for Common song and lyrics for Assata Shakur
RBG| 1967 Newark, N. J. Rebellion, A Documentary Film
https://www.flickr.com/photos/povdocs/sets/72157629749053233/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Newark_riots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur
http://www.pbs.org/pov/revolution67/
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