{"id":12049,"date":"2025-11-19T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/downtown-durham-african-american-historian-guided-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:00:15","slug":"downtown-durham-african-american-historian-guided-tour","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/downtown-durham-african-american-historian-guided-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Durham African American Historian-Guided Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-658449572\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-217 \" id=\"em-event-658449572\" data-view-id=\"658449572\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img 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