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September 2016
Features
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The Road to Freedom
When millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt
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Hell and High Water
The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways
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Black and Blues
Is blues music a thing of the past? A festival in Memphis featuring musicians of all ages and nationalities shouts an upbeat answer
Departments
Phenomena
Black Tweets Matter
How the tumultuous, hilarious, wide-ranging chat party on Twitter changed the face of activism in America
Phenomena
Making a Way Out of No Way
From courting Chuck Berry in Missouri to diving for a lost slave ship off Africa, the director's tale is a fascinating one
Phenomena
Ask Smithsonian
A special edition of Ask Smithsonian on the occasion of the opening of a new Smithsonian museum