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40 Acres and a Lie Part 1

It’s often thought of as a promise that was never kept. But “40 acres and a mule” was more than that. It was real. 40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles, only to take the land back. This three-part series from Reveal and the Center for Public Integrity explores a reparation that wasn’t and the wealth gap that remains.