16 Podcast Episodes
268. Keisha N. Blain with LaNesha DeBardelaben: What a New Generation of Activists Can Learn from Fannie Lou Hamer
268. Keisha N. Blain with LaNesha DeBardelaben: What a New Generation of Activists Can Learn from Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the youngest of 20 children in a family of Mississippi sharecroppers. Black, poor, di... Read more
12 Jan 2022
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1hr 2mins
55. Dr. Keisha N. Blain on Reviving the Story of Fannie Lou Hamer
55. Dr. Keisha N. Blain on Reviving the Story of Fannie Lou Hamer
This week we're talking with award-winning historian Dr. Keisha N. Blain about her latest book, Until I Am Free: Fannie ... Read more
4 Nov 2021
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32mins
First Draft - Keisha N. Blain
First Draft - Keisha N. Blain
Keisha N. Blain is a 2022 New America National Fellow and an award-winning historian. She is the author of Set the World... Read more
1 Nov 2021
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1hr 6mins
Keisha N. Blain | Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Keisha N. Blain | Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
In conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson Keisha N. Blain's Set the World on Fire, a history of some of the early 20th ce... Read more
13 Oct 2021
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1hr 1min
Why Black History Matters with Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Why Black History Matters with Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
In conversation with journalist Soledad O'Brien, the historians discuss the stories found in their anthology, ‘Four Hund... Read more
5 Aug 2021
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44mins
Keisha N. Blain on African American History and Selective Memory
Keisha N. Blain on African American History and Selective Memory
Historian Keisha N. Blain, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual ... Read more
8 Apr 2021
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32mins
Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on the 400-year story of Black people in America
Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on the 400-year story of Black people in America
Kendi and Blain edited “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019,” which tells the story of... Read more
16 Feb 2021
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29mins
Ep. 150 An Invitation to History with Keisha N. Blain
Ep. 150 An Invitation to History with Keisha N. Blain
Today our guest is author and historian Dr. Keisha N Blain. Keisha, along with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, edited the brand new ... Read more
10 Feb 2021
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57mins
Dr. Keisha N. Blain on Four Hundred Souls and African American history
Dr. Keisha N. Blain on Four Hundred Souls and African American history
Ep. #518 - Adam speaks with Dr. Keisha N. Blain, co-editor of the new book Four Hundred Souls with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. T... Read more
1 Feb 2021
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35mins
Keisha N. Blain, “Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” (U Penn Press, 2018)
Keisha N. Blain, “Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” (U Penn Press, 2018)
Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women’s history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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1hr 4mins