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A Taste of Freedom: UW professor unearths a missing chapter in the history of civil rights

Posted on July 9, 2025

Their salvation would be pickles. That was the decision of a group of farmers in Sumter County, Alabama, who were struggling financially. But when they tried to purchase cucumber seeds from a local merchant, the …

Posted in Top Stories, UncategorizedTagged Civil Rights History, Diversity, Monica White, UW-Madison Professor

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