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Craft in America
Rhiannon Giddens sings "Better Git Yer Learning"
Rhiannon Giddens talks about and sings her minstrel tune "Better Git Yer Learning" and tells of the struggle for education by newly freed slaves. Bonus video from the MUSIC episode. PBS premiere November 20, 2015. Archival Courtesy of Wellcome Library London, Library of Congress/Marion Post Wolcott/Lewis Wickers Hine.
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