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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

‘My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives’ With Charlayne Hunter-Gault

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by journalist and civil rights activist Charlayne Hunter-Gault to discuss her new book, ‘My People’ (2:50), making sense of the present, as an active member of the Civil Rights Movement (4:45), and how the American media can better inform citizens (17:52). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Charlayne Hunter-Gault Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

0:18.0

Today we have one of my most favorite people in the world.

0:21.0

This is going to be one of my favorite episodes, not only because she most favorite

0:23.0

episodes. Not only because she is one of my daddy's good friends,

0:27.0

but she just continues to do the word

0:29.0

Dr. Charlene, Hunter Gault.

0:31.0

How are you?

0:32.0

I'm good, and I'm feeling even better. Charlene, Hunter, Gault. How are you?

0:32.8

I'm good and I'm feeling even better

0:35.0

now that I'm seeing my dear friend Bakari.

0:38.9

Tell you, Daddy, hello for me.

0:40.7

I will, I'm gonna call them as soon as we get done, done tape and I owe them a call anyway.

0:45.2

We usually start each of our episodes by having our guests walk us through the arc of their careers.

0:51.3

But you don't really need an introduction.

0:52.8

You're an iconic journalist, a historic figure,

0:54.8

and author a few times over.

0:56.9

I guess my question to you is, what keeps you doing the work that you're doing?

1:02.2

Well, Bekare, as you know, I think part of this interview

1:06.4

is predicated on my book, my people.

1:10.0

And I think that it is my people because despite the fact that we have overcome so many challenges and your father obviously is a part of the people who helped us overcome those

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