LIVESTREAM: The Problem with Black Excellence
Ada Akpala, LIVE with Institute for Liberal Values and Black Institute for Liberal Values
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THE PROBLEM WITH BLACK EXCELLENCE
Ada Akpala LIVE on Institute for Liberal Values’ podcast, The Dissidents, co-sponsored by the Black Institute for Liberal Values, as part of the series, Legacies of Black Pioneers
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Ada Akpala is a writer, commentator, content creator, and Senior Content Officer for the Equiano Project. She is particularly interested in subjects and narratives about race and identity. Once featured on BBC Radio 4's Analysis, she seeks to empower individuals by challenging victimhood and defeatist mentalities. She aims to uplift people and discourage divisive beliefs that undermine personal morale and fuel intergroup tensions. Follow her on Substack and Twitter/X.
W. F. Twyman Jr., a former law professor, was born in Richmond, Virginia. He came of age in the New South in the 1970s. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School, Twyman is the co-author (with Jennifer Richmond) of the acclaimed book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. He appeared with his co-author on the Free Black Thought Podcast to discuss the book with host Connie Morgan. His essay in the Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine inspired the posthumous admission, in 2010, of the first black lawyer in New York state, George Boyer Vashon, to the Pennsylvania State Bar, which had denied him twice, in 1847 and in 1868. His previous article for the Journal of Free Black Thought was a defense of George Washington. He writes at Substack here.
Jennifer Richmond is Executive Director of Institute for Liberal Values. She co-authored (with W. F. Twyman) the acclaimed book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. Her Substack, Truth in Between, features her writing and “The Dissidents” podcast.