What’s Next in Interpreting Slavery: Including dark history to the narrative

01/03/20 • 22 min

Richard Josey, founder and president of Collective Journeys, LLC, kicks off Speaking Culturally’s series, “What’s Next in Interpreting Slavery.” The series will look at new ways to interpret enslavement in America and discuss the gaps that need to be filled in the narrative. Josey brings decades of experience to this discussion and focuses on inclusion of dark history in the narrative of enslavement.

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What’s Next in Interpreting Slavery: ‘Intentionally seek descendent voices’

Hannah Scruggs, of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is the latest guest on Speaking Culturally discussing ways of interpreting enslavement in America going forward. Utilizing descendent voices is one way and humanizing enslaved women is another, she says.