Celebrating America's Black Working Class

Fresh Air - A podcast by NPR

In Black Folk, Award-winning historian Blair LM Kelley portrays generations of Black workers — Pullman porters, domestic laborers, USPS employees, COVID-19 essential workers — whose work has been vital to the nation's prosperity. Ken Tucker reviews Janelle Monáe's new album, The Age of Pleasure.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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