If you live in Kentucky, it is hard to avoid hearing the state song, My Old Kentucky Home. But it is a song with a lot of historical baggage relating to the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in Kentucky. Our guest, historian Emily Bingham, will help us unpack that baggage. She is the author of an upcoming book about the song, Singing About Slavery: “My Old Kentucky Home.”
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Episode Seven: Henrietta Wood
Episode Six: Lost Cause
Episode Five: Aftermath
Episode Four: The Civil War
Episode Three: Recovering History
Episode Two: Sold Down the River
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