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This Week In Conversation: Black History Month 2021

A mural depicting Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, Sandra Bland, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd adorns the side of a building at 11th and West Main St.
A mural depicting Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, Sandra Bland, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd adorns the side of a building at 11th and West Main St.

For many  people, February is associated with Black History Month as closely as July is associated with Independence Day.

But this year’s Black History Month lands differently. It’s the first one after national and local protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. 

It’s happening as hundreds of businesses and organizations make big public statements about equity and how Black Lives Matter.

On this week’s "In Conversation," we talk with professors and cultural curators on how to celebrate Black history smack dab in the middle of current historic Black moments.  

We also talk about a little known figure in Black Kentucky history: Julia Chinn, an enslaved woman and the common-law wife of Richard Mentor Johnson, who became the ninth vice-president of the United States.

Listen to the show:

https://lpm-od.streamguys1.com/inconversation/20210219184426-Final02192021_BlackHistoryMonth2021.mp3

 

Michelle Tyrene Johnson is the lead producer of LPM’s talk shows, and she is also the host and producer of LPM’s podcast Race Unwrapped. Email Michelle at mjohnson@lpm.org.

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