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The Fight for Reparations
FromRadio Atlantic
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jun 21, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
On Wednesday—for the first time in a decade—Congress held a hearing on reparations for slavery. It was a crystallizing moment for an issue that has gained prominence since Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2014 Atlantic essay.Coates and others testified before a House committee on June 19th—Juneteenth—a day the nation celebrates emancipation from slavery. Every year, Atlantic staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II writes a Juneteenth essay. He joins Isaac Dovere to discuss the history of the holiday, the importance of the hearing, and where the fight for reparations stands now.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jun 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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