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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: The Black Protest Calendar and the Creation of Black Holidays with Dr. Keith Mayes
Description: Today's History Story: A Black Holiday TraditionThe Black struggle is real. But life isn’t all oppression. Our culture, our community, our Blackness is something to celebrate, and many of our ancestors celebrated through traditions and holidays that you might not know exist. Today's guest, Dr. Keith Mayes, will school us on the empowering history of the holidays we created.Dr. Keith Mayes is an associate professor in the Department of African American & African Studies at the University of Minnesota. With a specialty in Black history, social and political movements, race and perception, and of...