Interviews
Interviews
Interviews
I Saw Death Coming with Kidada Williams
I Saw Death Coming with Kidada Williams
It's a complex period of U.S. history that’s regularly distilled down to its simplest policy highlights: Reconstruction. Sharon welcomes guest Dr. Kidada Williams, author of the book, I Saw Death Coming, to share about this oversimplified era. Dr. Williams shares her expertise and digs further, speaking to the daily challenges and realities of the Reconstruction era for Black Americans.
Thank you to our guest, Kidada Williams
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- Host: Sharon McMahon
- Executive Producer: Heather Jackson
- Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
- Writers and Researchers: Sharon McMahon, Valerie Hoback
- Host: Sharon McMahon
- Executive Producer: Heather Jackson
- Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
- Writers and Researchers: Sharon McMahon, Valerie Hoback
Guests
Guests
Kidada Williams
Kidada E. Williams is a writer and historian who researches African American survivors of racist violence. She is the author of I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction. She hosted “Seizing Freedom,” a podcast docudrama (created by Kelly Hardcastle Jones) that covered the epic story of African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War and beyond. And, she is an associate professor of History at Wayne State University in Detroit.