For the week of Aug. 28, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks with retired UNC Chapel Hill history professor Reginald Hildebrand and N.C. Sen. Natalie Murdock about the new North Carolina Freedom Park in downtown Raleigh. Hildebrand and Murdock, who both served key roles on the park’s planning, discuss the site selection to why “I Can’t Breathe,” the words said by George Floyd before being killed by Minneapolis police in 2020, is among the quotations inscribed on the walls of the new park.

Stay tuned to the end for their picks for Headliner of the Week.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guest: Reginald Hildebrand, N.C. Sen. Natalie Murdock

Executive Producer: Jordan Schrader

Produced and edited by: Kevin Keister, Kaitlin McKeown

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