Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 postmodern novel by Dominican-British author Jean Rhys. Set in Jamaica in the 1830s–1840s, the novel is a postcolonial and feminist prequel to Charlotte Brontë's…
Monty Dons American Southern Gardens
America’s southern gardens are beautiful, ambitious, and inseparable from the complex history that shaped them. Monty Don travels from Washington DC and Jefferson’s Monticello to Bunny Mellon’s Oak Spring, Charleston’s…
‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met
The Met recently acquired “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” a 19th-century Louisiana portrait with a secret: For over a 100 years, the image of an enslaved child was erased. This…
The People’s Recorder Podcast: Deep in Turpentine
While working on the WPA Florida guidebook, the Federal Writers’ Project team – including Zora Neale Hurston and Stetson Kennedy – documented a wide range of life from prison camps…
Where the $ symbol actually comes from
Why is the $ sign an S? What does 'dollar' even mean? In this video, I answer both of those questions, while also explaining what the British pound is a…
How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders | American Muslims
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Qur’an? That George Washington owned enslaved people who were Muslim? And that a Muslim diplomat broke his Ramadan fast…
From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America’s First Muslims
Even before the United States was founded, tens of thousands of Muslims were already present, captured in West Africa and brought to colonial America in chains. Host Asma Khalid (NPR’s…
Reclaiming the Banjo’s Black Roots | In the Making
Follow Hannah Mayree, musician, banjo maker, and founder of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project, as they organize workshops and performances celebrating the banjo’s Black history.