New book ‘A Chosen Exile’

Posted in History, Media Archive, Passing, United States, Videos on 2015-12-19 03:16Z by Steven

New book ‘A Chosen Exile’

WREG-TV
Memphis, Tennessee
2015-12-17

For nearly 200 years, countless African-Americans chose to leave their families, friends and communities to live in exile.

Allyson Hobbs reveals this piece of history and how it affected race relations in her new book “A Chosen Exile.”

Watch the interview here.

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