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While Black

Introducing History is US

While Black

REVOLT

Self-improvement, Education

4.11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Written and narrated by award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, “History is US” is a 6-part audio documentary produced and developed by C13Originals that asks questions about who we are as a nation, and what race might reveal about our current crisis. Through the voices of distinguished historians and scholars, this limited series gives listeners the background and education to understand how we got here and how we can all use history to clarify the choices before us. There will always be something distinct about our present day, yet history haunts. “History is US” is a presentation of Shining City Audio, a C13Originals and Jon Meacham Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

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0:10.8

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0:30.9

But our history haunts us, the American democracy is at a crossroads today,

0:36.5

and we have to decide who we are as a nation, as a country, as people.

0:43.4

I want to share with you a preview to a very important series that I think you should listen to.

0:49.2

It's called History Is Us, and it's a six-part documentary podcast from C-13 Original

0:55.2

Studio, and John Meacham. They're the team behind the 2021 Webby Award-winning Best Podcast

1:01.9

series, it was said. Written and narrated by Dr. Eddie Gloud, award-winning author and professor

1:08.8

of African American studies at Princeton University. History Is Us journeys back to face the truth

1:14.8

about race at the heart of the American story. From the aftermath of the Civil War to the mid-20th

1:21.3

century struggle for freedom to the election of Barack Obama, all the way to the current day

1:26.9

racial reckoning that we're experiencing in real time. History Is Us asks questions about who we

1:32.6

are as a nation, what race might reveal about our current crisis, and where we go from here,

1:39.3

that where we go from here part is important, because that is what I really want to focus on.

1:44.8

Through the voices of distinguished historians and scholars, this limited series gives listeners

1:49.6

the background and education to understand how we got here, and how we all can use history to

1:55.5

clarify the choices before us. As you enjoy this preview, please be sure to search for History Is Us

2:03.2

available now for free wherever you listen to your podcast.

2:07.2

There are too many people in this country who see every civil rights gain, every advancement for African

2:20.7

Americans coming at the loss to whites. I'm someone who sat on January 6th and thought this is

2:28.4

the beginning, not quite knowing what's next. This moment is so important to understand,

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