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Standing On The Steps That Slaves Built

As Barack Obama takes the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol building Tuesday, he'll be standing, literally, on the labor of hundreds of African-American slaves. Here & Now host Robin Young speaks to Jesse J. Holland, the author of "Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History in and Around Washington D.C." (Amazon)

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This program aired on January 19, 2009. The audio for this program is not available.

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