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    New park honors the lives and memories of those enslaved

    03:28
  • 4th generation shoe cobbler becomes viral TikTok sensation

    03:23
  • NASA graduates new astronauts for Orion capsule mission

    03:23
  • A look back at Harry Smith’s favorite ‘Spotlights’ on Sunday TODAY

    03:58
  • Teen collects discarded Lego sets to donate to kids in need

    03:14
  • MLB star Mookie Betts connects baseball success to bowling

    03:23
  • Volunteers type to preserve history at Library of Congress

    03:30
  • Volunteers enlist camels to save Joshua trees in Mojave desert

    03:34
  • Orchestra of typewriters makes new music in a different kind of key

    02:41
  • Photographer recounts storied career capturing rock and roll icons

    04:13
  • Holographic exhibit tells how Denmark Jews survived Holocaust

    03:30
  • Artist sculpts famous works of art for visually impaired to enjoy

    03:11
  • Small town in Illinois saves their only grocery store

    03:18
  • Harry Smith looks back at his favorite stories of 2023

    03:12
  • Teen helps thousands of homeless people by donating care packages

    03:02
  • Thai cave survivor finds new life as a student in the US

    03:40
  • Charleston, South Carolina monument honors enslaved ancestors

    03:04
  • Former children’s hospital patient joins Iowa Hawkeyes football team

    03:43
  • Baltimore symphony orchestra names first Black music director

    03:22
  • Veteran walks thousands of miles for Operation Mend

    03:45

Inside the networks that have kept ‘Black America’ together

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Famed historian and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates joins NBC’s Harry Smith in this week’s Sunday Spotlight for a conversation about the unsung social groups, labor unions and other organizations that have guided Black Americans through the darkest chapters in American history.