Celebrating Juneteenth in the Carceral State with Ebony Underwood

Published: June 7, 2021, 7:01 a.m.

b"Juneteenth is a special holiday for Black people - it commemorates when the last of our enslaved ancestors were freed. And yet, many Black people remain in bondage through a new form of slavery that's just as insidious: mass incarceration. On this special episode of BHY, we sit down with Ebony Underwood, social entrepreneur and founder of We Got Us Now, to discuss the significance of Juneteenth and the ongoing struggle for liberation.\\n\\nBHY is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company \\u2013 hit us up at BlackHistoryYear.com and share this with your people!\\n\\nPushBlack exists because we saw we had to take this into our own hands. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at https://BlackHistoryYear.com\\u200b. Most people do 5 or 10 bucks a month, but everything makes a difference. Thanks for supporting the work.\\n\\nThe Black History Year production team includes Tareq Alani, Abeni Jones, Patrick Sanders, Tasha Taylor, William Anderson, Jareyah Bradley, Brooke Brown, Shonda Buchanan, Briona Lamback, Akua Tay, Leslie Taylor-Grover, and Darren Wallace. Our producers are Cydney Smith and Ivana Tucker, who also edits the podcast. Black History Year\\u2019s Executive Producer is Julian Walker.\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"