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A celebration of African American life and culture
In this special Martin Luther King, Jr. Day broadcast, we look at the drama behind building the African American museum in Washington DC. The novel “Homegoing” traces longstanding trauma of the slave trade. The hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest released a new album after 18 years of silence. And the book “Black Faces, White Spaces” explores the relationship between blacks and the outdoors.
By Madeleine Brand • • 53m ListenPhoto courtesy of Wikimedia
In this episode
4 storiesThe battle to build Washington DC's African American museum
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in September 2016. We talk about the drama behind getting it built and filled with exhibits, including a pair of dolls used to illustrate children’s attitudes toward race.
Read the story16 minThe difference between being African in America and African-American
The novel “Homegoing” starts with the slave trade in colonial Ghana, and traces that trauma through generations of Africans and African Americans.
Read the story14 minA Tribe Called Quest: 'Thank You 4 Your Service'
The hip hop juggernaut released all five of its studio albums in the 1990s. Then in fall 2016, they came out with a new album called “We Got It From Here, Thank You 4 Your Service.”
Read the story14 minWhen you picture a family hiking in the woods, what race do you see?
The book “Black Faces, White Spaces” explores why our concept of the great outdoors tends to look like the white outdoors.
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