The man who proposed reparations in the 1860s
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.5 • 11.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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| 0:58.6 | Hey, this is Dylan Matthews. I write for Vox about everything from anti-poverty efforts |
| 1:02.9 | to animal welfare to the best ways to do full answer P. And this week I'm your host for |
| 1:07.9 | Vox Conversations. I've been a political nerd all my life and like most political nerds |
| 1:20.7 | I like to talk about my favorite presidents. But I actually prefer talking about my favorite |
| 1:24.9 | members of Congress. You don't learn these folks names in school usually but they built |
| 1:29.0 | the America we live in today. Many of them had big dreams that would have made America |
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