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S1 Ep18 The Story of A Year 1875

2020 is a contentious election year in America filled with lies, violence, voter suppression, and intimation. That’s nothing new in the history of our country. Let’s look at the year 1875. In this episode, we hear The Story of Charles Caldwell, the senator who had been a slave.

33 mins
10/26/20

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2020 is a contentious election year in America filled with lies, violence, voter suppression, and intimation. That’s nothing new in the history of our country. Let’s look at the year 1875. In this episode, we hear The Story of Charles Caldwell, the senator who had been a slave. No issue concerned black Representatives more than the civil rights bill of 1875, but attacks and intimidation continued. Caldwell himself was assassinated later that year. This episode features the haunting vocal of Otis Taylor

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