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Bring It On! – September 11, 2023: African-American Ex-Slaves as Western Expansion Pioneers (Re-Broadcast)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 32.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis program was originally aired on July 29, 2019. Today’s show focuses on how African-American ex-slaves were pioneers and part of the U.S.’s expansion into the Western Frontier, focusing on free-black settlers in Indiana and other parts of the Midwest. Hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, speak …

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Bring It On! – July 29, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 32.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe focus of today’s show is how African-American ex-slaves were pioneers and part of the U.S.’s explansion into the Western Frontier, with a focus on free-black settlers in Indiana and other parts of the Mid-West. Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with La Vella Hyter, President …

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