From Jamestown to Charlottesville: Virginia and America’s racial divide
Release Date: 12/22/2023
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info_outlineIn this episode, the hosts discuss the leading role that Virginia has played in the racial divide in America’s history. Home to the Founding Fathers and Capital of the Confederacy, the state has been the crucible of the ideals which built this country and the ideas which would tear it apart.
Washington, DC History
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Virginia 1619
https://time.com/5653369/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
https://blackvirginia.
https://www.brookings.edu/
https://encyclopediavirginia.
https://www.battlefields.org/
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