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On “Morning Edition,” Kellie Carter Jackson, professor of Africana studies, discusses Quock Walker, an enslaved man in Massachusetts who sued to gain his freedom and ultimately freed others.

Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson appears on an episode of Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, a podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and former President Barack Obama.

Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson hosts “How to 250,” a one-hour special from the Radiotopia history podcast This Day, in honor of America’s semiquincentennial.

On the American History Hit podcast, Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson talks about Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and the amazing people who refused to accept enslavement.

Africana studies professor Chipo Dendere writes for The Standard about what’s next after the Zimbabwe Senate approved constitutional amendments that would extend Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule.

Political scientist Chipo Dendere writes for Brookings about the Zimbabwean Senate’s vote for constitutional amendments that will extend Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule—a blow to anti-authoritarian efforts.

Africana Studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson talks about joy as resistance on the NPR podcast Code Switch.

Black newspapers and church groups shared information about the Emancipation Proclamation, Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson tells NPR, so enslaved people were “ready for jubilee.”

On the NPR podcast It’s Been a Minute, Kellie Carter Jackson, chair of Africana studies, discusses the tension between Juneteenth and the Fourth of July for Black Americans.