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Swannanoa Tunnel

Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens tells a story of black convict labor in the post Civil War South, and how their dangerous work on a mountain railroad became the basis for a popular folk song whose lyrics got whitewashed and then recently rediscovered.
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Clip Length 14:12 Premiere: 02/01/25

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