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Peniel E. Joseph

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Peniel E. Joseph

Season 12 Episode 17 | 26m 46s | CC

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, a leading historian of Black power, discusses the tumult and hope brought on by the civil rights movement, how it relates to the moment America finds itself in right now, and his book, Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution.

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