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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: The First Juneteenth Was Nothing Like You May Think
Description: The crowd erupted into joy at the words of the white man. They were free, he said. But their joy would be short-lived. A beast like slavery wasn’t about to go out with mere words.
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