Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast 8-26 Insight Part I Lest We Forget Slavery Museum. Marian Anderson Award

8-26 Insight Part I Lest We Forget Slavery Museum. Marian Anderson Award

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 9:42 p.m.

Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Gwen Ragsdale co-founder and curator of Lest We Forget Slavery Museum – the only Philadelphia area museum with an extensive collection of authentic slavery artifacts. Ragsdale discusses the challenges of sustaining black museums and the critical importance of the mission of her institution to increase awareness of the impact of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
http://lwfsm.com/

Loraine also offers excerpts of a news conference announcing the 2018 Marian Anderson Award recipient Queen Latifah who will be honored on November 20th. http://www.marianandersonaward.org/