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Black History Month Special

2/21/2026 | 28m 49s

Black History Preservation Project of Knox County; Lyles Station History Vault; Frederick Douglass

For Black History Month, we are recognizing African-American influence from history to today. A conversation with Tom Bartholomew from the Black History Preservation Project of Knox County. Visit Lyles Station in Gibson County, where stories from rural settlement founded nearly two hundred years ago continue to be told. Hear a modern-day perspective on the ideals of Frederick Douglass.

02/21/2026

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First City Focus is a local public television program presented by Vincennes PBS

First City Focus

Black History Month Special

2/21/2026 | 28m 49s

For Black History Month, we are recognizing African-American influence from history to today. A conversation with Tom Bartholomew from the Black History Preservation Project of Knox County. Visit Lyles Station in Gibson County, where stories from rural settlement founded nearly two hundred years ago continue to be told. Hear a modern-day perspective on the ideals of Frederick Douglass.

02/21/2026

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