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African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston, Part 1
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The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.
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The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.
Isabel Wilkerson: Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
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Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.
African Americans in the Civil War Navy
William Casey
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More than 20,000 African Americans served in the Union Navy during the Civil War. Boston National Historical Park ranger Bill Casey shares the inspiring true stories of two of these men.

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