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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Black History Month Week: Capital B w/ Jelani Cobb
Description: This week, we’re doing a number of episodes around the history of… Black History Month.
Over the course of this country’s history, the terms we use to describe black Americans have shifted and signified different things — from “colored” to “negro” to “African-American” and “black.” There’s now a debate about whether to capitalize the “b” in black.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by Jelani Cobb of the New Yorker to talk about the current debate, and the key moments in the shifting language.
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