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‘I don’t want to forget him’: How a close-knit Detroit school coped with the death of a mentor and role model

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| March 12, 2021, 6:29pm UTC

Thomas Fields was the school culture facilitator at Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy in Detroit. He died March 30 from coronavirus complications. — Thomas Fields was the school culture facilitator at Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy in Detroit. He died March 30 from coronavirus complications. (Courtesy of Jeffery Robinson)