Columnist and commentator Michael Harriot joins The Stacks to talk about his book Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America. Michael reveals why he wanted to write a book about American history told from the perspective of Black people, how he thinks of connecting to his audience, and what makes this moment different than other moments in American history.
The Stacks Book Club selection for October is Tar Baby by Toni Morrison. We will discuss the book on October 25th with Minda Honey.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon.
- Black AF History by Michael Harriot
- Michael Harriot on Twitter/X
- Black Folk by Blair LM Kelley
- Center for the Study of the American South at UNC
- Carol Anderson
- The King James Bible
- Red Summer
- Ida B. Wells
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
- Before the Mayflower by Lerone Bennett
- Ebony Magazine
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- “Lin-Manuel Miranda Addresses Claims That Hamilton Glorifies Slave Owners” (Erica Gonzales, Bazaar)
- sarah huny young
- Moses Dickson
- The Gullah
- Biphasic sleep
- Drapetomania
- Pharrell Williams
- Michael Harriot on The Grio
- The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
- Allow Me to Retort by Elie Mystal
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Black AF History by Michael Harriot (audiobook)
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