'We Refuse' makes an argument for redefining Black history

An episode of the Midday podcast, hosted by WYPR 88.1 Baltimore, titled "'We Refuse' makes an argument for redefining Black history" was published on February 17, 2025 and runs 48 minutes.

February 17, 2025 ·48m · Midday

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Episode Description

A new book aims to rekindle the conversation about Black resistance to white supremacy in the history of the United States. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, is an impassioned love letter to Black resilience in our past and present. The author, Kellie Carter Jackson, is an Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Wellesley College and a cohost of This Day in Esoteric Political History. Her 2019 book Force and Freedom was a finalist for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize and the Museum of African American History Stone Book Award.