Keisha N. Blain | On the Path to Freedom

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  Hamer's message was always to tell it like it is.

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  It's about shedding light on the problems, because only then you can take the steps to bring about change that's necessary.

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  And so I think in a similar way, reading her story will get us to acknowledge what remains unchanged and hopefully empower us and hopefully encourage us to be part of that fight.

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  So with the rigor of a world class researcher and the intention of someone who cares deeply about the human condition and understanding how we all got to this moment in history, Doctor Kesha N.

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  Blaine is an award winning historian of the 20th century United States with specializations in african american history, the modern african diaspora, and women's and gender studies.

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  She's an associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society.

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  And she's also the author of the multiprise winning book set the World on Fire, black nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom, and the co editor of the Charleston Syllabus, readings on race, racism, and racial violence, which was shared after the horrific events in Charleston.

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  Her number one New York Times bestseller 400 a Community History of African America, 1619 to 2019.

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  Edited with Ibram X, Kendi drew together this incredible collection of voices with a vision to reclaim the historical narrative and her new book, until I am free, Fannie Lou Hamer's enduring message to America.

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  It's a powerful look, not just at the role of civil and voting rights activist Hamer and other black women in social and political change.

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  It's also this invitation for us all to explore our own individual roles and the path to equality and freedom, led by Hamer's famous rallying cry, nobody's free until everybody's free.

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  So excited to share this conversation with you.

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  On a quick note before we dive in, so at the end of every episode, I don't know if you've ever heard this, but we actually recommend a similar episode.

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  So if you love this episode, at the end, we're going to share another one that we're pretty sure you're going to love, too.

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  So be sure to listen for that.

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  Okay, on to today's conversation.

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  I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.

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  You and I have, I believe, a fun overlap.

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  I think we both have the same alma mater in what when I went to, it was called SUNY Binghamton.

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  Oh, that's funny.

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