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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: Africatown and the Essence of Black Power with Dr. Natalie S. Robertson
Description: Black power has many forms: a fist in the air, a liberated mind, or the ownership of the ground upon which you stand. The founders of Africatown, a self-determined community of freed Black people in Alabama knew this kind of Black power. In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston delved deep into this question when she interviewed Cudjo Kazoola, the last surviving member of the community that had founded Africatown. Dr. Natalie Robertson expands on Hurston’s work, the importance of Africatown, and the essential elements of Black empowerment.This podcast is produced by PushBlack, the nation’s largest non-profit Blac...