Reconstructed: In Search of the Promised Land (2022)

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🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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How the newly freed reunited acquired land and built communities. And a group of Black families currently starting their own town in Georgia.

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0:00.0	This week we're continuing to bring you last year's special Black History series, all
0:09.9	about the enduring legacy of reconstruction.
0:14.0	Last episode was about Black America's fight for political power, and this time it's
0:19.0	the broken promise of 40 acres at the mule, and how Black towns rose up anyway to build
0:25.1	family, community, and independence.
0:29.2	Here is episode 2 of Reconstructed in search of the Promised Land.
0:34.8	This episode are originally aired on February 10, 2022.
0:59.7	It's a cold and windy February morning in rural Georgia, about halfway between Atlanta
1:05.6	and Savannah.
1:07.5	Pastor Mauricio Sonny is talking up his mom's fish fry skills in one of those big old fancy
1:13.4	RVs.
1:19.0	Pastor Sonny completely renovated this RV himself, and the two others parked nearby.
1:24.8	We hooked him up with these huge kitchens and cozy couches with pillows, full bedrooms
1:30.7	and an office that even have a gas fireplace.
1:36.2	He's showing our associate producer, Allison Bailey, as his mom, Carol, gets ready to fry
1:44.7	some fish.
1:45.7	Today, we're going to have a catfish.
1:51.5	Where did the fish come from?
1:53.5	I caught the catfish.
1:55.7	How big would you say that is?
1:57.2	My husband waited it was 9, no, 11 pounds.
2:04.0	Everyone here calls Carol, Sunny Davis, mom, family or not.
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