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America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy – Part Two

We speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar the author of America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy. Americas Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy – Part One

We speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar the author of America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy. Americas Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of … Continued


with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. Discusses his latest book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course … Continued


with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. Discusses his latest book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course … Continued