We're better off with Juneteenth

In a special bonus episode, recorded a day before Juneteenth was made a federal holiday, we listen in on a conversation between Opal Lee, an activist and teacher often called the "grandmother of Juneteenth," and Harvard University professors Annette Gordon-Reed and Evelyn Hammonds. Guests: Opal Lee, Activist Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University; author, On Juneteenth Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African-American Studies, Harvard University For a full transcript of this episode or to watch the full conversation, visit our website. Subscribe via your favorite podcast app. Music in this episode: Ketsa – Sabre Ketsa – Onwards Upwards