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Phil Thompson on the Historical Fight for Civil and Economic Rights

MIT’s Phil Thompson discusses the historical opposition to slavery as a labor system, and the Black struggle to advance economic and human rights.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Phil Thompson discusses the historical opposition to slavery as a labor system, and the Black struggle to advance economic and human rights.

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