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African Americans had to go to extraordinary lengths in order to be reunited with their families after emancipation, including this grandmother’s struggle to gain custody of her grandson. Support the show: http://donate.vpm.org/site/Donation2?1557.donation=form1&df_id=1557&mfc_pref=T

African Americans had to go to extraordinary lengths in order to be reunited with their families after emancipation, including this grandmother’s struggle to gain custody of her grandson.Support the show: <a href="http://donate.vpm.org/site/Donation2?1557.donation=form1&amp;df_id=1557&amp;mfc_pref=T" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://donate.vpm.org/site/Donation2?1557.donation=form1&amp;df_id=1557&amp;mfc_pref=T</a>

Spotlight: Cyntha Nickols

Highlighting true stories of Black people’s fight for liberation, progress and joy from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Seizing Freedom illustrates the myriad ways Black people have sought and defined their own freedom in spite of the monumental forces at work to keep them from it.

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