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CNN Anchor: ‘Overwhelming’ Family Bombshell Gave New Meaning to Juneteenth

‘DUMBSTRUCK’

Victor Blackwell, the CNN anchor, embarked on a journey to trace his family roots last year. What he discovered shocked him and cast new light on the horrors of enslavement.

Brooke Leigh Howard
Brooke Leigh Howard 

Race and Identity Reporter

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A photo illustration of Victor Blackwell with the American and Juneteenth flags and the official handwritten record showing General Orders, Number 3, issued by U.S. Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, which is now celebrated as Juneteenth.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Images/Warner Bros.
Brooke Leigh Howard

Brooke Leigh Howard

Race and Identity Reporter

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