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    The 272

    Author Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.…

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    Joy-Ann Reid on Her Book Medgar & Myrlie

    MSNBC host and political analyst Joy-Ann Reid discusses her book, Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America.

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    Built from the Fire

    Journalist Victor Luckerson chronicled the rise and fall of Tulsa’s Greenwood District also known as “Black Wall Street” through the lens of the Goodwin family from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massa…

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    America's Black Capital

    History professor Jeffrey Ogbar looked at the history of Atlanta and how Blacks there transformed the city into today’s ‘Black Mecca.’ The Atlanta Center hosted this event.

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    Black Women During the Civil War and Reconstruction

    University of Maryland Eastern Shore history Professor Arlisha Norwood taught a class on the role Black women played during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. University of Maryland Easte…

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    Jason Hill on the Teaching of Black History and Reparations

    Jason Hill talked about the national debate over the teaching of black history and the issue of reparations.

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    Peniel Joseph on the Legacy of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

    University of Texas Austin’s Peniel Joseph discusses the lives and legacy of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

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    President Biden Hosts Black History Month Reception at the White House

    President Joe Biden delivered remarks at a White House reception in recognition of Black History Month. “Tonight, let’s reflect on how we make history, not erase history,” he said.

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    The Demands of Justice

    Cornell University professor Tamika Nunley looked at how enslaved women accused of capital crimes fared under the law in Virginia.

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    President Truman 1948 U.S. Military Desegregation Executive Order

    Librarian of Congress' Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman’s desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests …

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    African Americans in Hampton Roads, Virginia

    Norfolk State University professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander talked about African Americans in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia during the Civil War. She described how escaped slaves found…

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    The Wounded World

    Chad Williams discussed the intersection of World War I and the fight for racial justice through the lens of early 20th century civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. This event took place …

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    President Biden on Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Monument

    President Biden and Vice President Harris both spoke out against what the president called attempts to “bury history” during a ceremony to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Nat…

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    Representative John Lewis Stamp Unveiling Ceremony

    U.S. House leadership, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and others participated in an unveiling ceremony of a new postage stamp honoring the late civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) …

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    An Amerikan Family - The Shakurs and the Nation They Created

    Journalist Santi Holley looked at how the Shakur family shaped the Black liberation movement in America through activism, artistry and scholarship. Skylight Books in Los Angeles hosted this …

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    Books That Shaped America: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    In part four of Books that Shaped America, historian, author, and Howard University professor Edna Greene Medford explored the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the first autobiog…

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    African Americans in the Navy since the Civil War

    Historians discussed the role and service of African Americans in the U.S. Navy and discrimination they faced. The Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in Washington, DC, hosted this progra…

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    Slavery to Freedom at Appomattox

    Appomattox Courthouse is commonly known as the site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant and the end of the Civil War. Chief of Education Ernie Price talked about life after the war, …

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    I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife

    Author Rita Roberts talked about letters between African American families during the Civil War era. The Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston hosted this program.

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    Bernard Powers and Lauren Davila on Discovery of the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.

    Bernard Powers and Lauren Davila talked about the discovery and significance of the largest known slave auction in the U.S

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