Coming Soon: The Black Loyalists (July 8)

A preview of an upcoming episode about the Black Loyalists. Thousands of our ancestors escaped slavery during the American Revolution, fought for the British on the promise of freedom, and left an unbelievable legacy in the US, Canada, and beyond!

Full episodes air July 8th starring writer, sociologist, and MacArthur Fellow Tressie McMillian Cottom taped live on Juneteenth at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond, VA. You'll also get to hear the same story told again to the co-hosts of Code Switch, B.A.

Parker and Gene Demby taped live at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in Washington, DC. Different guests.

Different audiences. Very different perspectives!

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