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Dropping June 24: The Filter Connects the Dots, From Juneteenth to Black Lives Matter

Sit In For a History Lesson

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Above image credit: Learn how the liberation of enslaved people became a civil rights struggle that has continued to today. (Library of Congress)

Next Wednesday, The Filter will give you a history lesson that centers on Juneteenth, chronicling racism from the 1800s to now. Hosts Vicky Díaz-Camacho and Ieshia Downton chat with two historians about the important milestones in history that stemmed from the emancipation proclamation to civil rights movements. Then we talk to a local organizer on the frontlines of the Black Lives Matter movement in the Kansas City area. 

Listen everywhere podcasts are available on June 24. 

Credits: Original music and production by Felicia Diaz.

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