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Leonard Lopate at Large

Tue, Feb 4, 2020 13:00 PM

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Hosts: Leonard Lopate
Topics:
  • Anna Mae Duane discusses her new book Educated for Freedom. -
Synopsis:

In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable future for black children.

Even abolitionists saw just two options for African American youth—permanent subjection or exile.

Anna Mae Duane’s book “Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation” tells the story of James McCune Smith and Henry Highland Garnet, two black children who beat the odds, finding freedom as their country struggled to grow from a slave nation into a free country and forever altering the course of American history in the process.

Join us for a discussion of their heroic story with Anna Mae Duane in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

Guests:
  • Anna Mae Duane discusses her new book Educated for Freedom. -
Playlist:
  • "Sort Of" "Clog Dance" - Charlie Morrow
  • "Oh Freedom!" - The Golden Gospel Singers
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