Season finale. The "freedom generation" of African Americans who were the first to experience emancipation knew that their fight for freedom was only just beginning. Even as they were earning new rights and privileges, they continued to face pushback that jeopardized all they had fought for and earned. Hear how they planned for the future, even as the present structures around them were being torn down.
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Interview - Mariame Kaba
Reframing the Narrative?
Interview - Julia Craven
Dethroning Disease
Interview - Saeed Jones
Inside Harlem's Speakeasies
Interview - Jamelle Bouie
The Land of Milk and Honey
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Interview - Paula Austin
Children of the Sun
Interview - Blair L.M. Kelley
Walk! The Streetcar Boycotts
Interview - Kinshasha Holman Conwill & Paul Gardullo
On The World's Stage
Interview - Adam Serwer
The Fight of the Century
Introducing Season 2 of Seizing Freedom
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