On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken reflects on the themes of The Reconstruction podcast – rethink, redress, liberate – with selections from conversations with Anne Price, Rodney Foxworth and Nwamaka Agbo. 1863 Ventures’ Melissa Bradley discusses the surge in Black entrepreneurship and Aiken sets up next week’s Agents of Impact Call with a stirring call to action from… Frederick Douglass. Plus, the headlines.
December 10, 2021 | Podcasts
Briefing: The Reconstruction This Time
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