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iPhoto caption: Philip Akin at home. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
“I don't know why it is being placed on Black people to change minds,” says Akin. “I ain't here to pick your intellectual cotton.”
Unearthing the Joy in Black History: In Conversation with Luke Reece on 1851: Spirit and Voice
“I want audiences to see Black joy through these historical figures, and not just see the trauma," says playwright Luke Reece.