Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Dr. Keisha Blain, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, about her new book “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights.”
A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and 2022 Carnegie Fellow, Dr. Blain is one…
They Saw What the United Nations Couldn’t
October 24, 1945. The Charter of the United Nations is signed, promising to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Back when the charter was drafted a few months earlier in San Francisco, delegates from around the world gathered to build a new era of peace and human rights.
Among…
Keisha Blain's 'Without Fear' chronicles the Black women who have championed human rights
Tom's guest for the hour today is Dr. Keisha N. Blain, a historian and Africana Studies professor at Brown University. She also serves as editor-in-chief of Global Black Thought, a journal of ideas about the Black experience in the US and across the African diaspora.
With her deep scholarship in …
Without Fear - with historian Dr. Keisha Blain
Amy is joined by Dr. Keisha Blain to discuss her new book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights, shining a light on unsung heroines of activism and the critical importance of preserving history in our precarious political landscape.
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Our Hosts Favorite Authors and Book Recommendations | MiniPod
Add to your reading list with our hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum. They share some of their favorite fiction and nonfiction, and chat about reading strategies for the aspiring and veteran bookworms.
This episode is a rerun that originally aired on 07-04-25.
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America Are We Ready For Truth And Reconciliation?
Today we examine racial justice and the presidential election through the lenses of truth, and reconciliation -- how we got here and where we go now.
On Today's Show:Keisha Blain, University of Pittsburgh historian and president of the African American Intellectual History Society talks about trut…
Peniel E. Joseph — Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed Americas Civil Rights Revolution - with Ibram X. Kendi
In Freedom Season, acclaimed historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a stirring narrative history of 1963, marking it as the defining year of the Black freedom struggle--a year when America faced a deluge of political strife and violence and emerged transformed.
Nineteen sixty-three opened with the cente…
Keisha N. Blain, "Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights" (W.W. Norton, 2025)
Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were at the forefront of national and international movements for social change, weaving connections betw…
Without Fear: A Conversation with Keisha Blain
Keisha N. Blain, author of Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights, is a professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, and has been hailed as one the most innovative and influential historians of her generation.
Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. speak with Dr. B…
Until I Am Free: An Interview with Dr. Keisha Blain
Dr. Keisha Blain released her acclaimed book, "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America" in 2021 and brought lessons from the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to bear on our current social and political situation. She shares her wisdom about Black history and th…
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