Our Ancestors Were Messy
Nichole Hill
The gossip, scandals, and pop culture that made headlines and then history in pre-Civil Rights Era America. Host Nichole Hill takes her guests through the story of an ancestor in search of opportunity, adventure, love, and a way to beat Jim Crow. Along the way, our ancestors make messes that land them in the gossip columns of Black newspapers but that’s hardly the end of their stories; in fact, it’s only the beginning!
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Our Ancestors Were Messy podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Native Son
Richard Wright
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Infants of the Spring
Wallace Thurman
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Our History Has Always Been Contraband
Race, Capitalism, and the Classroom
Colin Kaepernick
Robin D.G. Kelly
Kionga Taylor
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Zora and Langston, A Story of Friendship and Betrayal
Yuval Taylor
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899 to 1967
Langston Hughes
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Jonas Gordwein
Zora Neale Hurston
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The ways of white folks
Langston Hughes
