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Tell Them We Are Rising

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Tell Them We Are Rising

Season 19 Episode 11 | 82m 46s | CC

Though much of its history was eclipsed by the explosiveness of the 1960s, the essential role the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) played in shaping black life, creating a black middle class and dismantling segregation cannot be overstated.

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