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Jonestown was supposed to be a great socialist experiment, a place where all the evil isms would be eradicated: racism, sexism, elitism. This appealed to blacks and white progressives alike. Fed up with racist AmeriKKKa, they were going to start their own society, on their own terms.

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Julia Scheeres
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 1
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