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Published June 19th, 2020 at 4:00 PM
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.
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Credits: Original music and production by Felicia Diaz.
