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Medgar Evers College continues to transform nearly 50 years later

For almost 50 years, Medgar Evers College has been educating the central Brooklyn area. In celebration of Black History Month, News 12 takes a look back at how the school got off the ground.

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Feb 7, 2019, 10:44 PM

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