"We Need to Stop TipToeing Around Race"

"We Need to Stop TipToeing Around Race"

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“Books, Articles, and Documentaries Will Help Us Understand This Country’s Divide.”

Stories tell us who we are and help us understand others. They also suggest who we can be, if we overcome the ongoing divides in this country. In this podcast episode, Professor Brian Lowery sits down with American journalist and publishing executive Dana Canedy, dubbed by the Ne ...  Show more

“White Americans Need to Understand That Their Interests Coincide with Black People’s Interests”

In a conversation with Professor Brian Lowery, Dr. Spencer Crew, professor of history and art history at George Mason University joins Dr. Clayborne Carson, professor emeritus of history at Stanford and the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute ...  Show more

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