Show Notes
It was the summer of 1791, and hundreds of enslaved Africans gathered to pray, plan, and take back their power. The white world would remember this night and call it horror, but here’s the truth behind the lie.
Check out the BHY conversation here: Black Horror and the Monstrous Fear of Self with Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks
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