Welcome to amazing conversation and information from Hall of Fame broadcaster and journalist Ken Robinson in this series of classic entertainment programs and recent interview and music shows. The collection also contains Audio Antiques, historic performances and events from the golden age of radio, with special attention given to the contributions of African-Americans, who were largely excluded from the broadcasting industry. However, a few determined individuals were able to break through ...
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True Stories of Good People is a podcast about people who are making a difference in other people's lives, or have had their lives changed by someone kind.
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Join hosts Max Bell and Stephen Steddy as they explore the realms of obstacle sports - including OCR, mud running, adventure racing, hybrid racing, ninja, and more - in New Zealand and abroad. Disclaimer: The hosts are members of the New Zealand Obstacle Sports Association (NZOSA). However the views expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the NZOSA.
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Ken's Corner - Original Jeopardy host Art Fleming
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First Jeopardy host Art Fleming, Home Health Care, and Phil Donahue. More at KRobCollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Timmie Rogers, the Jackie Robinson of Comedy
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Timmie Rogers was an African-American comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor. Rogers was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a white audience. Before Rogers, African-American comics had to either work in pairs or groups, only conversing with each other, and they had to play a character. Because of this, Rogers wa…
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Audio Antiques - Lena Horne, Legendary Actress & Singer
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The focus of this edition is the career of Lena Horne, the African-American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Her career spanned over 70 years, appearing on film, television, and theater. Born in 1917, Horne became a popular night club singer at the age of 16. She made her first movie appearance in 1935, which lead to many radio p…
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Ken explores Medical Hypnosis, Cardio Diets, and Perfect Parenting. For details visit http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Harlem Hospitality Club
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Radio's classic era was definitely tainted by Jim Crow laws, racial discrimination and bias. That's why this podcast is dedicated to unearthing the rare instances when African-Americans were allowed to share their talents with the world. Black performers were seldom hosts, or guest stars on the commercial networks. African-American shows were very …
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Audio Antiques - Academy Award Winning Actress Bette Davis in Broken Prelude
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We have two episodes from the Silver Theater, a dramatic anthology series broadcast on CBS Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1937 to 1947. Each week, Silver Theater featured a different movie star in a different drama or comedy. From the year 1938 we're going to hear Broken Prelude parts one and two. They star Bette Davis, who's …
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Ken Robinson interviews African-Americans involved in the tech industry, and their concerns about a developing digital divide during the early days of the computer boom. More at KrobCollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Hattie McDaniel, Singer, Songwriter, Oscar Winner
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Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer, and comedian. She was born in 1893 in Wichita, Kansas...and was the youngest of 13 children. Her father Henry had fought in the Civil War. Her mother was a gospel singer, both had been slaves. After graduating from high school McDaniel started working as a songwriter and performer. In the 1920s she b…
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Audio Antiques - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Activist & Politician
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We're going to learn about Adam Clayton Powell Jr. He was the first African-American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as the first from any state in the Northeastern U.S. Powell represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He served as a national spokesman on civil rights…
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Elvis Ghost, Cheating Spouses, Pregnancy & Exercise. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Jackie Gleason: Multi-Media Superstar
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Jackie Gleason was an American comedian, actor, and musician, who was Born in Brooklyn New York in 1916 under difficult circumstances. His only sibling died at age 14, his father abandoned the family, and Gleason dropped out of school to earn money. Then his mother died leaving him broke and homeless. Gleason spent the next decade trying to break i…
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Audio Antiques - CBS Radio Coverage of D-Day 1944
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History comes alive with coverage of D-Day from CBS Radio, which marked the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany during World War Two. The Normandy landing was the largest seaborne invasion of all time, with nearly 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Chan…
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Higher Ground - Reflections on Urban Radio
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Ken Robinson in a classic interview with Northeast Ohio urban radio station executive Harry Boomer. More at KrobCollection.com
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Audio Antiques - The Legend of Nellie Lutcher
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Nellie Lutcher was a popular African-American jazz and R&B singer, pianist and songwriter, who is largely forgotten today. Born in Louisiana in 1912, she began playing piano at a young age and eventually formed her own band, The Nellie Lutcher Trio. She gained popularity in the 1940s with hits such as "Hurry On Down" and "Fine Brown Frame." Lutcher…
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Audio Antiques - Discrimination South & North
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In this podcast we focus on difficulties African-Americans faced in housing and employment during the time of Jim Crow racism, in both the south and the north, as presented on the program New World A' Comin'. First, with the 1945 episode entitled Hot Spots USA, which follows a family trying to escape discrimination for a better life. Then a 1944 ep…
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Comedy Writers, Office Help, Baking For Guns. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - The 1963 MLB All Stars battle in Cleveland
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This podcast features the 1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was held on July 9th at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Ohio USA. The contest was won by the National League, which defeated the American League 5-to-3. The Most Valuable Player of the game was Willie Mays, who hit a homer and scored two runs. This was the first baseball all-star…
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Higher Ground - Black Inventor & Entrepreneur Onie Temple
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Ken Robinson interviews Black inventor and Ohio auto dealer Onie Temple in this historic broadcast. More at KrobCollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Butterfly McQueen, Actor, Comedian, Activist
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This podcast explores the life of African-American actor & comedian Butterfly McQueen. She was born in Tampa, Florida in 1911, and showed an aptitude for entertaining at an early age. McQueen had planned to be a nurse, but a teacher was so impressed by her unique voice, and photographic memory, that she suggested McQueen try acting. McQueen will fo…
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Audio Antiques - Floyd Patterson vs Hurricane Jackson
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Boxing was very popular on radio during the medium's golden age. Floyd Patterson and Tommy Hurricane Jackson battled for the heavyweight crown at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1957. Patterson was the world heavyweight champion twice between 1956 and 1962. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer in history to win the title, and was also the…
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The topics are Female Inferiority, Stranger Danger, and Memories. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Mercedes McCambridge, Worlds Greatest Radio Actress
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During radio's classic age, few women had starring roles on dramatic programs outside of soap operas. One such woman was Mercedes McCambridge, who Orson Welles called the world's greatest living radio actress. She starred in the early 1950s crime show Defense Attorney, also known at The Defense Rests. McCambridge was so convincing that she receivin…
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Audio Antiques - Humphrey Bogart Radio Festival
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Hollywood stars were no strangers to radio during the classic era. Many made guest appearances on a variety of programs, and some even had programs of their own. Like Humphrey Bogart. The iconic actor and Academy Award Winner performed radio adaptations of some of his best-known films, such as Casablanca and The African Queen, and recorded a radio …
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Audio Antiques - ABC Radio's Theater 5
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This is one of the lesser known radio series which was broadcast toward the end of the golden age. Theater-5 aired on the ABC Radio Network between 1964 and 1965. Theater-5 used an anthology format, each play was about 20 minutes long covering several genres, including science fiction, crime, drama, comedy and romance. Here are three episodes. The …
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Higher Ground with the Tropical Winds Band
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Ken Robinson introduces us to the University of Akron steel drum band "Tropical Winds". More at KrobCollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Langston Hughes, the Shakespeare of Harlem
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Born in Joplin, Missouri in 1901, James Mercer Langston Hughes was an African-American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright. Hughes took New York's literary scene by storm in the mid 20th century winning numerous awards, and honorary doctorates. He is best known as leader of the Harlem Renaissance, and was celebrated as the Shakespeare o…
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Audio Antiques - Josephine Baker, Exotic Entertainer & Secret Agent
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Josephine Baker was an American-born French entertainer, a decorated French Resistance agent during World War Two, and a civil rights activist. Baker's career was centered primarily in Europe, where in 1927, she became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture. Born in St. Louis, the singer, dancer, actress and freedom fighter worked …
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Host Ken Robinson explores the need for adoptive parents. More at KrobCollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Radio at the Dawn of the Golden Age
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The Golden Age of radio began just after World War One. Recordings of broadcasts from that era are extremely rare, and so were appearances by celebrities. However, President Calvin Coolidge made a speech on NBC in 1928, reminiscing about the end of his administration. In this podcast you will hear other sounds from the dawn of radio's classic era. …
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Audio Antiques - Bob Hope, a Cleveland Kid Becomes a Star
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Stand-up comedian, actor, singer, dancer, and author Bob Hope was very popular on radio, and had a career that spanned nearly 80 years. In addition to his long running radio show on NBC, Hope starred in 54 feature films. He also became a sensation on television, and hosted the Academy Awards show 19 times. Hope was born in southeast London, England…
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Journalist Ken Robinson takes a look at the unique qualities of Saturday nigh in America, and how people spend their time on the sixth day of the week. Plus, A Nurses' Story, Haunted Houses, and DPLA. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - The Creation of the Urban League & The City of Chicago
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It's one of only a few classic radio shows by African-Americas. Destination Freedom was a weekly radio program produced by NBC radio station WMAQ in Chicago from 1948 to 1950. It presented biographical histories of prominent African-Americans as written by the program's producer Richard Durham. You are going to hear a 1950 episode about the creatio…
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Audio Antiques - Fats Waller, Jazz Visionary
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We celebrate legendary American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer Thomas Fats Waller. He laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano and some say he paved the way for rock-n-roll. Waller started playing piano at the age of 6, and copyrighted over 400 songs during his career, including Grammy winners "Ain't M…
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Ken Robinson Podcast - Mass Shootings & Human Bondage
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Ken interviews Tim Dimoff of SACs Security & Investigative Services, former ATF Agent Pat Beraducci, and Winnie Boyland of the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - The Big Show, Radio's Last Hope
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The Big Show was a variety program created by NBC Radio in hopes of keeping the medium competitive with television. In 1950, listeners were deserting radio and becoming TV viewers. NBC's answer was to produce a lavish, expensive, star studded program that would stop the exodus. The Big Show was 90 minutes long, featuring the greatest comedians, sta…
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Audio Antiques - Private Eye Candy Matson
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Crime dramas were very popular during radio's golden age. Most featured tough guy detectives, except one! Candy Matson, was a female private investigator, operating in San Francisco, with a penthouse on Telegraph Hill. The program premiered on NBC Radio in 1949, and was notable for having a veiled gay sidekick serving as Candy's best friend Rembran…
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Ken Robinson Podcast - How To Get Labor Union Representation
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SEIU's Anthony Caldwell reveals how to get union representation at your workplace. The Ford Motor Company says there's a serious shortage of auto technicians. Mechanic and author Mary Jackson explains how to have your car repaired without being taken for a ride. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Civil Rights & Violent Humans
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Radio's classic era wasn't just about singing, joke telling, and dramatic acting. There were serious, intellectual, thought provoking programs on the air as well. One such program was the University of Chicago Roundtable on NBC Radio. We have two shows from 1949. In the first one, there's a discussion regarding the need for government civil rights …
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Audio Antiques - Blance Bruce & Langston Hughes
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Here are two episodes from the classic late 1940's radio show Destination Freedom. It begins with The Saga of Blanche K. Bruce, the first African-American United States senator to serve a full term, from 1875 to 1881. Bruce was born into slavery in 1841. The second episode is entitled Shakespeare of Harlem, The Story of Langston Hughes. The poet, n…
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Ken Robinson Podcast - Celebrating Ramadan & Stock Market Investing
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Ken interviews Julia Shearson of the Council on American Islamic Relations about the month of Ramadan. Also, investment strategist Dr. Joseph Belmonte explains how to find growth stocks in both rising and falling markets. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Warner Brothers Academy Theater
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Radio was very popular during the 1930s and 1940s, and the movie industry tried to take advantage of the medium to promote their films. During the era MGM, RKO, 20th Century Fox, Samuel Goldwyn, and Paramount all had preview shows on the air, urging the public to check out their coming attractions. One show was a little different. Warner Brothers A…
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Audio Antiques - 1958 NBA Finals: Hawks vs Celtics
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It's the final game in 1958 NBA World Championship Series between the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. The series went six games, the Hawks were ahead 3 games to 2, with the legendary Bill Russell playing for the Celtics even as he was suffering from an ankle injury from Game 3. We pick up …
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Ken explores way to keep your household from going broke during times when cash is tight. His guests are author Carol Keeffe, psychotherapist Collette Dowling, Mark Hamrick senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com, and Shel Horowitz the king of frugal fun. More at http://krobcollection.com
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Audio Antiques - Fletcher Henderson & Dizzy Gillespie
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We're going to hear two major forces that shaped the world of jazz. Fletcher Hamilton Henderson was a pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. Henderson was one of the most prolific black musical arrangers and, along with Duke Ellington, is considered one of the most influential band…
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Audio Antiques - MBS Goes Nationwide
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The Mutual Broadcasting System was the last of the 4 radio networks to go in the air during the golden era, and started operating in 1934. It was called Mutual, because unlike the other 3, it was owned by its founding affiliates. Mutual ended operations in 1999, and was best known for shows like The Lone Ranger, Superman and The Shadow, Major Leagu…
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Ken Robinson Podcast - Automation, Energy, and Teen College Grads
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Tricia Harte of Digital Third Coast warns of major job losses in the years ahead due to automation. Dave Packer of ABC News reports on the declining coal industry, while Geoff Greenfield of of Third Sun Solar tells of the growing market for renewable energy. Fourteen year old Amber Bennett explains how she obtained a college degree while starting h…
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Audio Antiques - Philip Morris Playhouse
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In this podcast, we're going to the playhouse. Philip Morris Playhouse was a 30-minute dramatic anthology series, that usually involved crime, and was broadcast on CBS radio between 1939 and 1949. It was sponsored by the Philip Morris cigarette company, which reportedly spent $1 million dollars a year on this highly produced program. It had differe…
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Audio Antiques - Black Health Matters in 1945
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Our focus is on the medical community and its relationship with African-Americans before and after World War 2. We have two episodes from the classic radio program New World A Coming. From the year 1945: "Negros and Health", examining facts and misconceptions, followed by "The Story of Negro Nurses". More at http://krobcollection.com…
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Ken Robinson Podcast - Marriage & Murder
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Ken Robinson explores the decline of marriage in America, and it's partly due to COVID-!9. He also takes a look at the number of men and women who cheat on their mates. Plus, there's an examination of Sam and Marilyn Sheppard, a famous marriage that resulted in a mysterious, gruesome murder. Ken's guests are ABC News correspondent Mark Remillard, p…
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Audio Antiques - James Weldon Johnson, Booker T. Washington & Mary Church Terrell
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Destination Freedom was a weekly radio program produced by NBC radio station WMAQ in Chicago from 1948 to 1950. It presented biographical histories of prominent African-Americans as written by the program's producer Richard Durham. You are going to hear episodes about three tireless advocates for civil rights, diversity and inclusion. The 1948 stor…
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