Charlayne Hunter-Gault on History as a Compass for Navigating the Present

Published: Nov. 20, 2023, 5 a.m.

The civil rights activist, award-winning journalist, and former NPR and CNN foreign correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about her book \u201cMy People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives\u201d; why understanding history is like a form of armor in a world full of misinformation; and the transformational, life-altering notion of viewing herself as a \u201cqueen\u201d from a young age.