Reporter Chenjerai Kumanyika visits Savannah, Georgia to learn about the city’s popular ghost tours. He’s heard the tourist attractions actually include the brutal reality of slavery. What he finds is more sinister and complex than advertised. (23 minutes)
By Chenjerai Kumanyika; Produced by Elna Baker, Valerie Kipnis, Esther Blessing, and George Dawes Greene
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