Black is Beautiful Two: Reflections on Family, Activism, and Perseverance celebrates Black History Month by continuing the narrative from our June 2020 episode by the same name, which highlights stories from the Black community. You’ll hear about one storyteller’s development as a community organizer, finding strength in family in the face of difficulties, and more.

A special thanks to the storytellers from this episode, including JR Flemming of the Cabrini-Green Homes and the Henry Horner Homes, Michael Miles of Stateway Gardens, H Demetrius Bonner of Stateway Gardens, Colette Payne of the Ida B. Wells Homes, Dolores Van Pelt of the Cabrini-Green Homes, DaVida Rowley Blackman who lived in a New York City tenement building.