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Black History Year

Introducing: History is US

Black History Year

PushBlack

History

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 4 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.

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0:00.0

What's up fam, it's your host Jay with something special to share with you today.

0:08.0

Now there'll always be something distinct about our present day, yet history, oncess.

0:15.6

American democracy is at a crossroads, and there's a decision to be made around who the

0:21.2

nation really is.

0:23.4

To help understand that, I'm bringing you a preview to a series you got to check out

0:27.8

this called History Is Us.

0:29.8

It's a six-part documentary podcast from C-13, original studios, and John Mitchell.

0:35.5

That's the team behind the 2021 Webby Award winning, Best Podcast Series, it was said.

0:43.1

Written and narrated by Dr. Eddie Glaude, award winning author and professor of African

0:48.6

American Studies at Princeton University, History Is Us journeys back to face the truths

0:54.8

about race at the heart of the American story.

0:58.2

From the aftermath of the Civil War to the mid-20th century struggle for freedom to the election

1:04.9

of Barack Obama and the current day racial reckoning, History Is Us asks questions about

1:11.0

who the nation is, what race might reveal about our current crisis, and where we go from

1:16.6

here.

1:17.6

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

1:23.2

listeners the background and education to understand how we got here and how we can

1:28.6

all use History to clarify the choices before us.

1:32.5

If you like Black History Year, then you'll definitely like History Is Us.

1:37.2

So enjoy this preview and please be sure to search for History Is Us, available now for

1:43.5

free wherever you listen to podcasts.

1:58.8

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

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