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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Juneteenth in NM
Description: Lou DiVizio opens the podcast this week with headlines from across the state, including news Santa Ana Pueblo is taking back 60,000 acres of ancestral lands.
Then, Lou sits down with a group of leaders in New Mexico's Black community to ask about the importance of celebrating Juneteenth.
In the first of three conversations, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks Joe and Rita Powdrell about the roots of Juneteenth celebrations in New Mexico.
Then, Ron Wallace talks about his work covering Black communities...