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costume and photographs depicting KKK activities in
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In the basement of the new annex, the
Richard Allen Cultural Center offers tutoring to children. Tutors typically include military officers from Fort Leavenworth's Buffalo Soldier Chapter of ROCKS, a professional development organization which began in the 1960s to support the professional
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