The Perils of a Racist America: A Podcast by Randolph College
The Perils of a Racist America: A Podcast by Randolph College is a student-created public history project. In each episode, a Randolph College student will discuss exploring the African American experience. They will examine the book’s content, its author, and its contribution to the study of African American History. We hope that this podcast will provide you with more knowledge about the past, while also encouraging you to dig deeper into this history and read some of these incredible books!
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Episodes
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Brittany Gula, a senior history student, discusses Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement by Jennifer Nelson. She highlights the ways women of color expanded the reproductive rights agenda to include issues such as state-sanctioned sterilization practices targeted at Black, Indigenous, and women of color.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
In this episode, Layla Abbassi, a first-year student at Randolph College, reflects on Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin. In it, she discusses Baldwin's significant contributions to our historical understandings of race and racism in the twentieth century.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Tierra Johnson, a first-year student, examines Marcus Rediker's groundbreaking work, The Slave Ship. She highlights Rediker's thorough research of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
In this episode, Aisha Downs, a Randolph College student with an interest in art and history, discusses her thoughts on How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and the complicated construction and evolution of racism in the United States.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
History student, Maya Elliott, discussed her reflections on The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley. In this episode, Maya discusses her thoughts on Malcolm X's ability to alter his beliefs and the misconceptions linked to our collective memory of his activism.
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
In this episode, Kaila Lietz discusses James McBride's The Good Lord Bird. In his award-winning novel, McBride explores the life of the controversial abolitionist John Brown.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Welcome to the introductory episode of The Perils of a Racist America: A Podcast by Randolph College. This podcast is a student-created public history project. In the following episodes, Randolph College students will discuss books that examine the African American experience.