African Americans - Think

Where Southern Food Really Came From

November 22, 2017 Best of Think, Culture

Michael W. Twitty joins us to talk about the history of soul food, barbecue and other Southern staples.

One Family, Two Fates

September 18, 2017 Race/Identity

Danielle Allen talks about trying, and ultimately failing, to save her cousin from a life of gangs, drugs, and prison.

The Value Of Slaves

February 27, 2017 Best of Think, History, Race/Identity

Daina Ramey Berry joins us to talk about how the value of enslaved people changed over the course of their lives – and about how slaves responded to being appraised.

The Politics Of Black Republicans

November 8, 2016 Politics, Race/Identity

This hour, we’ll talk about the 10 percent of African Americans who say they lean Republican with Corey D. Fields of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford.

The Persisting Racial Divide

August 9, 2016 Best of Think, History, Race/Identity

This hour, we’ll talk about how the Thirteenth Amendment led to Jim Crow laws, how Brown v. Board of Education led to shutting down public schools and other instances of Civil Rights backlash with Carol Anderson, chair of the African American Studies department at Emory University.

A Chosen Exile

October 28, 2015 Race/Identity

This hour, we’ll talk about picking between identity and survival with Stanford assistant history professor Allyson Hobbs, author of “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.”

How NASA Helped End Segregation

May 13, 2015 History, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

While NASA’s primary mission in the 1960s was to go to the moon, it also wanted to improve the economy and use its program for social change.