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Groundbreaking held for Civil War history center: Scholar says historians, public can learn from research facility will enable
By Michael Futch | Staff writer If you want to know what life in slavery was like, ask the slaves themselves. Historians have done just that. Spencer Crew, director emeritus of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, said the slaves’ accounts of their lives helped revolutionize how scholars and the nation think about the institution of slavery.
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Reconstructed: The Book of Trayvon Episode Summary How Trayvon Martin's death one decade ago fits into the legacy of Reconstruction; and how the movement built in his memory echoes the century-old fight to force America to make good on its promises of freedom. Episode Notes Trayvon Martin's hoodie was never supposed to end up in an exhibit on Reconstruction at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
By Trymaine Lee Verified, Spencer R. Crew, Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin, Kidada E. Williams, Phil Agnew, Jaylen Ezekiel
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Reconstructed: Keep the Faith, Baby
Reconstructed: Keep the Faith, Baby Episode Summary In part three of our Reconstructed series, we tell the story of Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME church, to see how faith carried Black people through Reconstruction, and continues to buoy us as we push toward freedom today. Episode Notes On June 17, 2015, a white extremist shot and killed nine Black people in the Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina as they gathered for a bible study group.
Reconstructed: In Search of the Promised Land Episode Summary In part two of our Reconstructed series, we travel to Promised Land, SC to learn how the newly freed reunited with lost family, acquired land, and built communities. And we visit a group of Black families currently starting their own town in Georgia. Episode Notes In 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman asked a group of African Americans in Georgia what they needed most to start their new lives as free people. The answer: land.
In Search of the Promised Land on Apple Podcasts
In part two of our Reconstructed series, we travel to Promised Land, SC to learn how the newly freed reunited with lost family, acquired land, and built communities. And we visit a group of Black families currently starting their own town in Georgia.
Reconstructed: Birth of a Black Nation
Reconstructed: Birth of a Black Nation Episode Summary In a special Black history series, Into America is exploring the legacy of Reconstruction. First, the rise of Black political power, told through the amazing story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery and became a war hero and congressman. Episode Notes One question has plagued our nation since its founding: will Black people in America ever experience full citizenship?
Birth of a Black Nation on Apple Podcasts
In a special Black history series, Into America is exploring the legacy of Reconstruction. First, the rise of Black political power, told through the amazing story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery and became a war hero and congressman.
Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality
"We are determined to be people." -Martin Luther King, Jr. from the speech, I've Been to the Mountaintop, delivered on April 3, 1968 at Mason Temple, Memphis, Tennessee In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in British North America, Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality will examine the long history of black Americans as they have fought for freedom, equal justice, and access to opportunities.
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