EP 3: The Legacy of Jim Crow

EP 3: The Legacy of Jim Crow

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EP 4: Black Land Loss

Around 1910, Black farmers collectively owned over 16 million acres of farmland. A century later, over 90% of that land is no longer owned by Black farmers. In Lee’s own family, the acquisition and loss of land has been a contentious issue for nearly every generation, sometimes l ...  Show more

EP 5: Meet the Pughs

When Lee got the results back from his DNA test, he was stunned to discover that he had pages and pages of white cousins. All his life he’d been under the impression that 95% of his DNA traced to West Africa. This discovery opened up a new historical pathway, one that traces all ...  Show more

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