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Biographical Conversations With...

Shaw Rising

Shaw University is the oldest Historically Black University (HBCU) in the South.

Aired 02/26/2020

Biographical Conversations With...

Shaw Rising

Season 2020 Episode 1 | 57m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Shaw University is the oldest Historically Black University (HBCU) in the South.

Shaw University started in December 1865 with a Bible class for newly freed slaves in Raleigh, NC. Fighting vicious prejudice in the aftermath of the Civil War and the Jim Crow South, Shaw rose to become a co-educational college, a medical school, law school & divinity school.

Aired 02/26/2020

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Biographical Conversations With... is a local public television program presented by PBS NC

Biographical Conversations with James Goodmon was made possible by the generous support of Frank Daniels, Jr.

Biographical Conversations With...

Shaw Rising

Season 2020 Episode 1 | 57m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Shaw University started in December 1865 with a Bible class for newly freed slaves in Raleigh, NC. Fighting vicious prejudice in the aftermath of the Civil War and the Jim Crow South, Shaw rose to become a co-educational college, a medical school, law school & divinity school.

Aired 02/26/2020

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Biographical Conversations With... is a local public television program presented by PBS NC

Biographical Conversations with James Goodmon was made possible by the generous support of Frank Daniels, Jr.

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