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David Cannadine: How the South Belatedly Won America's Civil War [10min]

Once a bastion of segregation the American South is transforming, but the Democratic Party which helped sow the roots for this new-found prosperity did so to its own cost, says historian David Cannadine in his weekly column. He is currently a visiting fellow at the National Humanities Center, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "A Point of View"