This week’s episode dives into the personal history of Professor Henrietta Giles and her experiences as a child at the heart of the desegregation movement of the 1960s.
Today, her life has come full circle in her current work as a journalist, cultural historian, professor, and documentary storyteller.
In this episode Prof. Henri talks about:
• Her background.
• The two pivotal moments in her youth that had the most impact on her life.
• Her work as a college professor enables her to guide students in discovering the social issues that most impact them.
• Her dissertation examines the news stories of the Civil Rights era and how they impacted the way black people perceived themselves during that historic time.
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