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Media Highlights Radio • August 28, 2019 

# Jonathan Blanks discusses his article, “The 1619 Project: Confronting the Legacies of American Slavery,” on Virginia Institute for Public Policy’s *Freedom and Prosperity Radio with Joe Thomas*

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##### [Jonathan Blanks](/people/jonathan-blanks)

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