Episode 2

Episode 2: Understanding

21 October 2020

EPISODE NOTES:

During this episode, we’re discussing American history, and specifically the impact of slavery on our laws and legal systems.  In order to lead in a diverse and inclusive workplace, we must examine our history, and explore the different ways in which it impacts how we view race today. My guest is Dr. David Reed. Dr. Reed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Government at Bowie State University. He has been a guest lecturer for the U.S. Capital Historical Society in Washington, and he is a past fellow of Cornell University's Africana Studies Center. The main focus of Dr. Reed's scholarly work has centered on black intellectual history and Pan-Africanism in the service of the liberation of Africans throughout the diaspora.

Website: Bowie State University

Referenced works:

1. Alexander, Michelle and West, Cornel, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: New Press, 2012.

2. Zinn, Howard, 1922–2010, A People's History of the United States. New York: New Press, 1997.

And here is the list of archival resources that Dr. Reed mentioned:

1. Library of Congress

2. The National Archives

3. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

4. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University

5. Carl S. Swisher Library at Bethune-Cookman University