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

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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.

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

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.

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npr broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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