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American Inspiration Author Series
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"Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America" with Eugene Robinson

Freedom Lost, Freedom Won brings to life our nation’s racial history, told through one man’s family story, starting with his great-grandfather’s freedom from slavery in 1851 through to today.

 

Moderated by Lee Hawkins
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American Inspiration Author Series
1:06:32
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"COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War" with Edda L. Fields-Black

Don’t miss hearing about the remarkable book COMBEE, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History, and gain new insight this first-of-its-kind conflict and the central role played by Harriet Tubman. 

 

Moderated by Kendra Taira Field
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American Inspiration Author Series
1:05:08
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"The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers" with Cheryl McKissack Daniel

From West Africa to enslavement in North Carolina to post-Civil War Tennessee, the McKissacks survived and then thrived in this country, founding a construction business which is now the leading Black design and construction firm, McKissack & McKissack. Hear from fifth generation family member and executive Cheryl McKissack Daniel, in dialogue with Brennan Gilbane Koch of Gilbane Building Company, about their family’s history. 

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