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Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Released Wednesday, 14th February 2024
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Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love

Wednesday, 14th February 2024
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To celebrate the history of Black romance, Gene and Parker are joined by reporter Nichole Hill to explore the 1937 equivalent of dating apps — the personals section of one of D.C.'s Black newspapers. Parker attempts to match with a Depression-era bachelor, and along the way we learn about what love meant two generations removed from slavery.

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