People's Historians Podcast

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and educator and Prentiss Charney Fellow Jessica Rucker speak with Clint Smith about the new young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How it Shaped America, which was adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Mia Bay about her book Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speak with historians Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry about the history of Black educators and the new Black Teacher Archive. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speak with historian Mary Frances Phillips about her new book, Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Jeanne Theoharis about Martin Luther King’s activism and organizing in the North. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Justene Hill Edwards about her book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with our host, Jesse Hagopian, about his latest book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with scholar Orisanmi Burton about his book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt, which argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within U.S. borders. Read about the event and find related resources.

In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with scholar Brian Jones about the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the North and ways that those stories can be included in the curriculum. Read about the event and find related resources.

Kellie Carter Jackson, a historian and author specializing in Black radicalism, discusses her book, which reframes the narrative of Black resistance against white supremacy. She shares her great-grandmother's story to highlight the theme of refusal. Kellie contrasts the Haitian and American revolutions, emphasizing the systemic need for abolition. She presents local acts of resistance, like the Lancaster Black Self-Protection Society, and argues that joy, through dance and laughter, serves as a vital form of resistance against oppression.