Poet Kevin Powell on Reparations, Manhood and His Own Family's Lynching Tragedy: Freedmen Fridays

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(Airdate 4/25/25) On this episode of Freedmen Fridays, our weekly reparations conversation we are talking with Kevin Powell is one of the most acclaimed political, cultural, literary and hip-hop voices in America today. He is a Grammy-nominated poet, author of 16 books and Tupac Shakur biographer. He recently made his directorial debut with the documentary film When We Free the World which focuses on the issue of manhood. https://www.instagram.com/poetkevinpowell/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

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