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EPISODE · Oct 21, 2025 · 1H 11M

Permission to Be: Black Men and Their Journey to Self--Discovery

from The Meeting Place · host Shirley Pierre

In this episode of The Meeting Place podcast, we are joined by Duan Woods, a PhD Candidate in Temple University's Africology Program. As Duan breaks down the ways masculinity has been defined and shaped by the antebellum south and white patriarchy, we start to get a glimpse of the scars slavery and Reconstruction left on the Black male psyche.

In this episode of The Meeting Place podcast, we are joined by Duan Woods, a PhD Candidate in Temple University's Africology Program. As Duan breaks down the ways masculinity has been defined and shaped by the antebellum south and white patriarchy, we start to get a glimpse of the scars slavery and Reconstruction left on the Black male psyche.

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