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AUDIO: America needs firefighters. This public school teacher has a plan to make more of them.

A public school teacher in Tennessee has created a one-of-a-kind program giving high schoolers hands-on training in prescribed preventing and fighting wildfires.

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This high school teacher's training wildfire fighters. There's nothing else like his class in America.

America is in desperate need of firefighters right now. So a public school teacher in Tennessee has created a one-of-a-kind program giving high schoolers hands-on training.

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AUDIO: Filmmaker Chris Haley, nephew of legendary journalist Alex Haley, on preserving Black history

Chris Haley, nephew of the famous journalist Alex Haley, talked to The Living South about continuing his uncle's work preserving Black history.

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Alex Haley changed Black America with "Roots." Now his nephew digs deeper.

The Pulitzer-winning author and journalist Alex Haley was "woke" before there was such a thing. Today, his nephew, Chris, continues his work preserving the Black family tree.