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Connections

Connections: Grassroots Black Politics After Emancipation

This hour we look at black history and a story that is not often told. After emancipation, former slaves with no prior experience in electoral politics (and with very little collective power or money) created a new movement that helped transform the South. That's according to Justin Behrend, history professor at SUNY Geneseo. His new book details "grassroots black politics." Our guests:

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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.