Voice of the Community

Historically Black Episode Two

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Airs Sunday, February 19, 2017, at 6 p.m. This program consists of three unique stories hosted by Issa Rae, Heben Nigatu, and Tracy Clayton:

Slave Bill of Sale: Members of an extended Tennessee family talk about their great-great-grandfather, a slave owned by his white, biological father. After Emancipation, their ancestor managed to buy a farm. Family members reflect on the strength it took to survive slavery and to prosper in the years that followed.

Missouri Fiddler A young musician and actor discovers that his great-great-grandfather was Bill Driver, a celebrated fiddler in Missouri. Family members recall how Driver's fiddle playin.

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