by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada speaks with the professor and historian about how, even though rights being granted to African Americans through the passage of the 13th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was a solid foundation to build from, it was little more than that without...
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada speaks with the Reverend and author about the evolution of the Black church in America, coming out of the numerous West and Central African faith traditions that were preserved and, in many cases, married with Christianity. They also discuss the role of the...
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada speaks with the historian and professor about how African American families have passed down their histories from generation to generation, and the differences between those who were free people of color and those who had been enslaved. We also hear how many of...
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada speaks with Princeton historian Tera Hunter about how Black workers wanted to shape their working lives after the Civil War, what communal labor looked like, and what activities they found joy in. View Transcript Kidada Williams: Hi everyone, It’s Kidada....
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada chats with acclaimed musician and musical scholar Rhiannon Giddens about her introduction to music, how she finds inspiration in the historical archives to create her songs and how there is more than one way to experience blackness in music. View Transcript...
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada and acclaimed historian of photography Deborah Willis discuss the variety of stories we can take from photographs of Black Civil War soldiers and other African Americans during the era of Reconstruction, and look at how imagery can convey different information...
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada and Abigail discuss how African Americans built their own communities within Civil War refugee camps, as well as their relationship to African traditions and the introduction of Christianity by white missionaries. View Transcript Kidada Williams: Hi everyone,...
by Gavin Wright | Interviews, Season 1
Kidada and Crystal discuss what it means to study the Civil War today, as well as how their work as African American women is helping to disrupt the myth that the Civil War and Reconstruction are histories that belong to white men. View Transcript Kidada Williams: Hi...
