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The mission to safeguard Black history in the US | Julieanna L. Richardson (re-release)

Black history in the US is rich, profound -- and at risk of being lost forever, if not for the monumental efforts of Julieanna L. Richardson. As the founder of The HistoryMakers -- the largest national archive of African American video-oral history -- Richardson shares some of th ...  Show more

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