The Black Body

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The Black Body

From the perspective of a white cheerleader in Texarkana to a hungry black poet in D.C., we explore race as it is lived and experienced in America.

How do we see the black body -- and soul? From the perspective of a white cheerleader in Texarkana to a hungry black poet in D.C., we explore race as it is lived and experienced. We'll talk with the editor and two authors of a collection of essays on the black body.

Guests

Meri Nana-ama Danquah

author and editor "The Black Body" (Seven Stories Press)

Kenny Carroll

is a writer, educator, and Heads Up site director at Charles Hart Middle School.

Kimball Stroud

Political consultant and co-founder of IMPACT Arts and Film Fund.

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