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Black Nationalist Gets $20 Million to Promote ‘Segregation’ in Public Schools
Sharif El-Mekki testifies at a House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing. His nonprofit has over $19.5 million in assets, including funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Screenshot via @EdWorkforceCmte/YouTube)
Sharif El-Mekki envisions a world where ‘all black students are taught by same-race teachers.’ He is backed by the Gates Foundation, NBC Universal, Nike, and the Bezos Family Foundation.
By Frannie Block
10.16.24 — Education
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Sharif El-Mekki is an adviser to Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro. He also supports school segregation, is a member of the Black Panther Party with family ties to Iran, and runs a nonprofit that has raked in nearly $20 million in donations from the government and nonprofits, including the Gates Foundation.

El-Mekki, a former middle and high school teac…

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Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
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