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Links below to all four sessions (note: this course is designed as a cohesive whole - and all hosts and guests are volunteering their services for this effort - if you wish to register for the course, you must be willing to commit to attending all four sessions). 


Session 1: Journalism, Internal Colonialism, and Emancipation (Hosted by Dr. Jared A. Ball)






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