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Baldwin & Co. Ideas ExploredBlack Women Built the Human Rights Movement—History Forgot: Keisha N. Blain & Kathe Hambrick DiscussThis conversation traces a sweeping and urgent history of Black women as architects of the global human rights movement, long before the language of “human rights” became mainstream. Historian Keisha N. Blain explains how her book Without Fear uncovers the forgotten women—activists, writers, missionaries, and organizers—who refused to limit their demands to U.S. civil rights and instead framed Black freedom as a universal human claim.Moving from the 19th century to the present, the discussion highlights figures like Ida B. Wells, Madam C.J. Walker, Maria Stewart, Margaret Cartwright, and Katie Diallo, revealing how these wo...
2025-12-221h 01
Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and InterpretersKathe Hambrick, Author & Interpreter, Talks Story with Bill Gwaltney and Tim MerrimanKathe Hambrick is Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center in Louisiana. In this role, Hambrick sees an opportunity to mentor and shape a new generation of curators, archivists, and digitization specialists. The mission of the Amistad Research Center is to "collect, preserve, and provide access to original documents that highlight the social and cultural significance of America's ethnic and racial history, the African Diaspora, human rights, and civil rights.
"Hambrick is also an accomplished author and co-author of several books, including Juke Joint Men, Oh Say Can You See: Flag Paintings of Malaika Favorite, Our Roots Ru...
2024-11-0152 minReflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and InterpretersKathe Hambrick, Author & Interpreter, Talks Story with Bill Gwaltney and Tim MerrimanKathe Hambrick is Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center in Louisiana. In this role, Hambrick sees an opportunity to mentor and shape a new generation of curators, archivists, and digitization specialists. The mission of the Amistad Research Center is to "collect, preserve, and provide access to original documents that highlight the social and cultural significance of America's ethnic and racial history, the African Diaspora, human rights, and civil rights.
"Hambrick is also an accomplished author and co-author of several books, including Juke Joint Men, Oh Say Can You See: Flag Paintings of Malaika Favorite, Our Roots Ru...
2024-11-0152 min
Louisiana ConsideredHistory of La.’s prison system; Black Masonic Orders and Freemasonry; Cook-off for the coastLouisiana is infamous for its high incarceration rates. But that reputation didn’t happen overnight. A new book, "Prison Capital," explores the history of the issue, and efforts to push back on it over the past fifty years.
Author Lydia Pelot-Hobbs joins the Gulf States Newsroom’s Kat Stromquist for more.
Founded in 1784, the Prince Hall Masons is the oldest African American Masonic order. The organization also claims to be America's oldest civil rights organization, although their contributions have been largely unseen.
Kathe Hambrick, executive director of the Amistad Research Center at Tulane Unive...
2024-02-2124 min
The Carol Powell Lexing ShowAfrican-American History IS American HistoryAfrican-American History IS American History with Kathe Hambrick
2023-10-2536 min
Louisiana ConsideredEncore: Stories from Louisiana's Underground RailroadIt’s Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. To many this day represents a commitment to remember the lives, stories and incredible contributions of the enslaved that have long been overlooked.
Last year, we spoke with Kathe Hambrick, founder of the River Road African Museum in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, about the state’s Underground Railroad history. Today we give that conversation another listen.
In May, Louisiana Public Broadcasting announced plans to make a documentary about the Colfax Massacre. The Massacre occurred on Easter Sunday in 1873, when a mob of armed white men a...
2023-06-1924 min
Louisiana ConsideredThe quirky, dark comedy ‘CRAIGSLISTED’ makes New Orleans debutThanksgiving is just around the corner, and families around the country are uniting over a love for one another – and a love for food. And from turkey to candied yams to cranberry sauce, Thanksgiving delicacies can seem like their own entity.
Famed New Orleans food writer Ian McNulty actually once said the same thing about the food at Jazz Fest. Back in April, WWNO’s Carly Berlin spent an afternoon with McNulty at the Fairgrounds, tasting everything from Crawfish Monica and praline beignets. In honor of the upcoming holiday, we give this food-focused story a second listen.
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2022-11-2224 min
Louisiana ConsideredStories from Louisiana's Underground RailroadJuneteenth, a commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, is roughly one week away. In honor of the day, we hear from Kathe Hambrick, founder of the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville. She shares long-overlooked stories of the enslaved, the underground railroad, and the fight for freedom, right here in Louisiana.
But first, in Baton Rouge, if a nearby neighbor is making too much noise, there’s a law on the books to deal with the complaint. But what if the offense is to the nose? Many residents in the city have been voicing co...
2022-06-1324 min
America's Foreign Country1x05: Freedom Seeking with Kathe HambrickEvery elementary school student knows about the Underground Railroad, but there were other roads to freedom. Today we’re visiting the River Road African American museum, which exhibits the story of freedom seeking and survival in the Deep South with the museum's founder, Kathe Hambrick.
To learn more about the River Road African American Museum, visit
https://africanamericanmuseum.org/. Follow ANHA @atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org. #AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha
2022-05-2528 min
Count TimeKathe E HambrickA builder, preservationist and founder of the first African American museum in Louisiana. Kathe Hambrick is the founder of the River Road African American Museum (RRAAM) and the African Burial Grounds Coalition. She contrasts her life growing up in Louisiana and California and the drive that led her to be a prominent museum professional and author. LISTEN to the Count Time Podcast episode: "Interview with Kathe Hambrick" see notes, transcript, pictures and videos here.
2022-04-212h 07
HothouseThe Horticulturati: Crap(e) Myrtles & Cushaw SquashHothouse is returning from hiatus! From here on out this podcast feed will be all Hothouse, so if you want to keep hearing The Horticulturati, please subscribe to that feed HERE (for Apple Podcasts) or HERE (for Spotify). Crape myrtles are blooming all over the place and Leah is DISGUSTED. What’s triggering this Lagerstroemiaphobia? Perhaps it's not about the crape myrtles at all, but rather the lingering demons of her past in exurban hell. Next, Colleen reports on a storied gourd that vine borers can’t touch: the cushaw squash. Domesticated some time around the dawn of agric...
2020-06-271h 19
The HorticulturatiCrap(e) Myrtles & Cushaw SquashCrape myrtles are blooming all over the place and Leah is DISGUSTED! What’s triggering this Lagerstroemiaphobia? Perhaps it’s not about the crape myrtles, but rather the living demons of exurban hell? Next, Colleen reports on a storied gourd that vine borers can’t touch: the cushaw squash. Domesticated some time around the dawn of agriculture, the obscure cushaw took on special significance to African American foodways as a “slave food” staple. We discuss plants and memory, the merits of “folklore,” and the importance of heirloom seeds as “living archives” of cultural information. See photos of Colleen’s humongous...
2020-06-251h 19