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Historians in the News

10/5/2021

Keisha Blain Joins Melissa Harris Perry and Shanta Covington to Talk Fannie Lou Hamer and Black Freedom

Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author Keisha Blain joins us to discuss her new book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America and the relevance of the civil and voting rights icon today.

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