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What does freedom actually look like?

It's Been a Minute by NPR

Jun 19, 202620:03Society & Culture

What does freedom mean today? Happy Juneteenth! For those not in the know, today commemorates when U.S. federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people...

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What does freedom actually look like? is an episode from It's Been a Minute by NPR. What does freedom mean today? Happy Juneteenth! For those not in the know, today commemorates when U.S. federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 t...

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