S E1156: In Class, Ep. 157: The African Burial Grounds...Who Were They? (And a Tribute to Lorraine Hansberry)

This Is Karen Hunter

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Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Dr. Greg Carr is on location at the African Burial Grounds in New York where he takes us through the history of the monuments and purpose behind the preservation of our ancestors there. Today is also the day that "A Raisin in the Sun" debuted on Broadway. Dr. Carr shares the life of #LorraineHansberry. #InClasswithCarr #AfricanBurialGrounds

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0:00.0	This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the hub. Good everything newbie is hey Professor Hunter. What's going on Dr.
0:18.1	car out in them screets? Well you said you would unveiling some new things in 2023.
0:24.0	So we kept it a tight state secret
0:27.2	and now you get to unveil for everybody.
0:29.5	We're starting to get out in the streets.
0:32.1	Yes, so you made it up north.
0:35.0	You made it escaped.
0:37.0	He made it to...
0:38.0	The day after Harriet Tubman Day.
0:40.0	Oh yeah, that was in y'all city what?
0:44.4	Yes today.
0:45.3	What?
0:46.0	They unveiled a Harriet Tubman monument in Newark.
0:50.4	The mayor of Newark was there, Rasteraca.
0:52.4	Queen Latifah actually voiced the narrative that goes with the monument.
0:58.8	It was designed by a black woman architect and the narrative itself was written by a black woman and they were all
1:04.1	a newer cut in the ribbon yesterday on the 10th of March which is annually Harriet Tubman days the day she made
1:09.2	transition in 1913 so they don't let people know but now we know. This will never miss my radar ever again. I'm
1:18.0	That's right. Doing foolishness Friday when this is important. Well, you know, she was doing food this Friday too because she had escaped the freedom.
1:26.0	I'm sharing with many Fridays, but she would have tuned in to that show to the
1:30.0	you're saying.
1:31.0	Fries and fish, you know, I think, I'm glad you brought that up because you know, we put our heroes in these boxes of like, you know, they're in stone, literally statues statues in stone but there were people that
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