In her autobiography, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur states, "Imperialism is an international system of exploitation, and, we, as revolutionaries, need to be internationalists to defeat it." For today's episode, we will be talking with Vanderbilt History Professor Dr. Brandon Byrd about his book The Black Republic: African-Americans and the fate of Haiti and Radical Black Internationalism. This marks the third episode in a February mini-series in commemoration of Black History Month, where Black Tea will be interviewing and talking about different components of black history, including literature, gender politics, and the formation of black history.
Resources
1. Dantes Bellegarde: https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/bellegarde-dantes-1877-1966/
2. Dr. Brandon Byrd’s Book The Black Republic: African Americans and the fate of Haiti https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16006.html
3. Story on Assata Shakur https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dpww8q/assata-shakur-fbi-most-wanted-tshepo-mokoena-122
Credits
Shay Milner, co-host
Jo'Hannah Valentin, co-host
Music: “Hip Hop Instrumental 2,” by Ketsa; “Yesterday Night,” by Checkie Brown at https://freemusicarchive.org/
Episode edited with Audacity
What we're drinking: Bigelow Earl Grey Black Tea https://www.bigelowtea.com/Teas/Tea-Type/Black-Tea/Earl-Grey-Tea
Quote of the day: “What do nations care about the cost of war, if by spending a few hundred millions in steel and gunpowder they can gain a thousand millions in diamonds and cocoa?” ― W.E.B. DuBois
Self-care tip of the day: Disconnect from Social Media, https://afropunk.com/2019/07/radical-self-care-25-tips-for-black-people/
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