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Michael Harriot on “Black AF History” and America’s “incompetent” white Founders

"Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History" host and author of "Black AF History" Michael Harriot tells Salon about writing about Black history amid Republican book bans. Harriot shares what he knows about the Black people who arrived in the United States before 1619, the Haitian Revolution and other misconceptions about slavery in the U.S.

Learn more about "Black AF History" here: https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9780358439165

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