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Simpkins says playing slave helps to educate youngsters
Sunday, June 10, 2012
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Walter Simpkins says he’s not an actor, but sometimes the best way to teach a student and enhance the learning process is to pretend. With that in mind, Simpkins will once again take on the look of 19th century black businessman and former slave Moses Viney to help observe next weekend’s 12th annual Schenectady Juneteenth Celebration at Vale Cemetery and Central Park...
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