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June 18, 2025 54 mins

“Closer Look” returns with our annual Juneteenth event, recorded live at Hammonds House Museum in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. This year, host Rose Scott speaks with panelists on the theme of "Natural Gifts: Honoring the Contributions of Enslaved Africans and Black Americans, Pre-Civil War to Present."

 

Guests include: 

 

Kuumba storyteller Dr. Christine B. Arinze-Samuel, also known as Sistah Olufemi

 

Dr. Joy DeGruy, international scholar, researcher and author specializing in racial trauma, healing and slavery

 

Edvige Jean-François, award-winning journalist and executive director of Georgia State University’s Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora

 

Robell Awake, chairmaker, researcher and author of “A Short History of Black Craft In Ten Objects”

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