David Johns, right, speaks as University of Toledo student Christopher Scott, left, and Dale Snauwaert, University of Toledo, listen, during the Toledo Community Coalition's public forum on combating racism at the University of Toledo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014.
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Romules Durant, superintendent of the Toledo Public Schools, speaks.
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University of Toledo student Christopher Scott, right, speaks as Ashland University student Johnathan Locust, listens.
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Dale Snauwaert, University of Toledo, speaks.
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Romules Durant, superintendent of Toledo Public Schools, speaks as Dr. Hope Bland, also of TPS, listens.
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Rev. Otis J. Gordon Jr., speaks.
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Mayor D. Michael Collins speaks during the Toledo Commuity Coalition's public forum on combating racism.
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David Johns, left, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Academic Excellence for African Americans, speaks.
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Romules Durant stands for the singing of the National Anthem.
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Susan Brown of Bowling Green State University, left, listens as Ashland University student Jonathan Locust speaks.
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An audience member writes down a question for the panel.
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David Johns, left, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Academic Excellence for African Americans, speaks.
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University of Toledo president Dr. Lloyd Jacobs speaks during the forum.
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A large crowd listens during the Toledo Community Coalition's public forum.
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Joseph H. Zerbey IV, president and general manager of The Blade, speaks, as Dr. Lloyd Jacobs listens.
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Mayor D. Michael Collins, left, speaks with Dr. Lloyd Jacobs.
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David Johns, left, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Academic Excellence for African Americans, speaks with Sierra Stelter, a junior at Woodward High School, and Day'Shawn Jones, a senior at Woodward.
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Dr. Susan Brown, right, speaks.
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Audience members listen.
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