The Enduring Impact of Slavery
10/13/19 • 15 min
Award winning, former Detroit Free Press columnist, Rochelle Riley discusses "The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery," a compilation of essays she edited and to which she contributed. Riley talks with Janet Webster Jones, the owner of Source Booksellers about the book and "Letters to Black Girls" an organization Riley co-founded.
Award winning, former Detroit Free Press columnist, Rochelle Riley discusses "The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery," a compilation of essays she edited and to which she contributed. Riley talks with Janet Webster Jones, the owner of Source Booksellers about the book and "Letters to Black Girls" an organization Riley co-founded.
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