we spoke with doug walker about the history he taught and the history he's living. >> the whole thing about education, to me, is that not enough from the outside in. >> reporter: doug walker has the same easy going presence he had as a popular teacher in the south way who made a name for himself in the community in 1970 when he was picked to teach a black history class at the ethnically diverse sunny dale high school. >> the whole thing is to get them to think. to do the critical thinking. >> reporter: the class filled in gaps of african-american achievement largely overlooked in textbooks, making students aware of leaders and activists such as martin luther king, muhammad ali and tommy smith and john carlos. >> that's what i was trying to get to to them, that what they did n o the stand, they had strong conviction for what they were going through here. >> reporter: walker's also update many studies classes are disappearing. >> a man without a knowledge of himself is like a tree without no radios. >> reporter: as for the holiday, walker's glad but adds -- >> we should not forget that

doug walker made a name for himself in the community back in the '70s when he was picked to teach ablack class at the ethically diverse sunnyvale high school. he's happy juneteenth is now a federal holiday but doesn't want it to diminish history. >> we should not forget that slavery did exist. it was cruel. it was ugly. but we kept persevering until we got to a certain place, and we kept taking steps. >> walker is now retired. he hopes more ethnic studies classes take off at both the high school and college levels. >>> a fitting way to celebrate juneteenth. a mini museum honoring the black panther party opened today in oakland. it's a first floor apartment converted into a pop up exhibit. the west oakland home is where huey newton was killed. the exhibit features pictures, banners and posters about the black panthers. the homeowner says it's important that people are educated about black history. >> so you really got a full picture of these humanitarians that were called terrorists and they weren't. they really were helping people, and i want oakland to be proud of that. >> the homeowner

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