We’ve Had Family Separation Before—It Was Called Slavery and Jim Crow

And now, as separated families try to reunite, it’s worth thinking back on black American families’ attempts to do the same after the Civil War.

Barrett Holmes Pitner

Published Jun. 29 2018 10:37PM EDT 

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Barrett Holmes Pitner

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