This morning I was listening to a BBC World Service podcast called the BBC Documentary Podcast: Fighting Together in Korea. It is a 51-minute episode detailing some of the struggles to desegregate the United States military after President Harry T
Jason Reynolds. author of many books, brings his wisdom about language, imagination, and narrative to this conversation in the podcast, On Being, especially as those features relate to racism, oppression, and freedom. Reynolds is the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, but his audience is far wider than just young people.
Dear Friends,
With Presidents Day already upon us (i.e., the amalgamation of George Washington’s Birthday and Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday) in the midst of Black History Month and on the heals of Valentine’s Day, wouldn’t you love to take a few minutes to reflect on the most seminal relationship between American presidents and people of African heritage—slavery?
Ginnie mentioned the book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, by sociologist James Loewen in a recent Pizza & Social Justice Continuing Conversation. Attached is a link to an NPR interview with Professor Loewen. --Yvor