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This is the Ocean of Soul.

The incredible crowd-moving marching band at Texas Southern University.

We're here at TSU because this fall with the midterm elections approaching, into America

is hitting the road.

To bring you a special series we're calling The Power of the Black Vogue.

We're traveling through the South and onto the campuses of some of America's most prominent

historically black colleges and universities.

We're engaging with the next generation of black thinkers and doers to understand the

issues that matter to them and how black people are harnessing the power of democracy to

shape America's future and we're kicking things off right here at Texas Southern University

in Houston.

America is at war with itself.

Over the stories we tell about who we truly are.

Right wing lawmakers across the country have passed a slew of so-called critical race theory

laws that make teaching lessons on the truth about racism, the role that black people have

played in shaping this country and how white supremacist ideals have been woven into our

society and even our laws impossible.

In Texas has been on the front lines of that battle.

This week voters in South Lake Texas sent a strong message.

Nine months after the school district proposed a diversity and inclusion plan.

Teachers gave a landslide victory to conservative city and school board candidates opposed to.

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