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Playwright Anna Deavere Smith tells her own family story in 'Basil Biggs' by Tonya Mosley

Smith's new show is about her great-great-grandfather, a free Black man who reburied the Union dead at Gettysburg and prepared the ground for Lincoln's most famous speech.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:00PM on June 25, 2026

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