In this episode, Tracey Artis, founder of I Hear Music Inc. and the Executive Director of the Midwest Black Family Reunion, joins CJ at the table to explore the legacy of the Black Family Reunion and our need to affirm the values, history, and impact of the Black family. The Midwest Black Family held in Cincinnati, OH continues to be an annual event that celebrates and honors the Black family. Artis continues to carry a legacy that began in 1986 under the love and leadership of Dorothy Height, then the President of National Council of Negro Women.

This episode also features M. Keith Claybrook, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Africana Studies at CSU, Long Beach where he teaches classes on history and the social sciences. He has also published book reviews, journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and book chapters. His publications include, “Putting Some Soul into Critical Thinking: Toward an African Centered Approach to Critical Thinking,” “Africana Studies, 21st Century Black Student Activism, and High Impact Educational Practices: A Biographical Sketch of David C. Turner, III,” “David L. Horne: A Living Example of a Pan African Leader Scholar- Activist,” and “Black Power, and Black Students, and the Institutionalizing of Change: Loyola Marymount University, 1968- 1978.”

Tracey Artis: https://ihearmusicintheair.com/about-us/

BFR2025: https://myblackfamilyreunion.org/

Black Perspectives: https://www.aaihs.org/dorothy-height-ncnw-and-the-national-black-family-reunion/

1986 Special Report: 1986 SPECIAL REPORT:"THE VANISHING BLACK FAMILY"

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