Reading with Rachelle: Connecting with History through Storytelling, a Book Club Podcast with Rachelle Chase
Reading with Rachelle: Connecting with History through Storytelling, a Book Club Podcast with Rachelle Chase
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Each week on the Reading with Rachelle podcast, Rachelle Chase (author of Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa and Lost Buxton, along with six fiction books and novellas) brings history to life through conversations with authors, experts, and everyday people impacted by the week's book selection. Through storytelling, we connect with the history we were never taught in school. At a time when history is being used to divide us, let's learn how it unites us, and how Black history is not apart from American history, but how it's a part of American history.
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The podcast focuses on the untaught histories of Black Americans, exploring themes such as Black contributions to American culture, the intricacies of systemic racism, and the importance of recognizing historical figures and events through episodes like the impact of Black nurses during the tuberculosis outbreak and the history of the Freedman's Bank.
On the Reading with Rachelle podcast, Rachelle Chase (author of Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa and Lost Buxton, along with six fiction books and novellas) brings history to life through conversations with authors, experts, and everyday people impacted by the week’s book selection. Through storytelling, we connect with the history we were never taught in school. At a time when history is being used to divide us, let’s learn how it unites us, and how Black history is not apart from American history, but how it’s a part of American history.
In this episode, I’m joined by Denise Greer Jamerson to discuss the book, We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile.
Lyles Station is the last remaining Black settlement in Indiana. Denise’s family has been farming in the Lyles Station community since 1855, and her father, Norman Greer, has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as one of the last remaining African American farmers still farming land that’s been in their family since before the Civil War.
We discuss the fascinating history of Lyles Station, the challenges faced and the legacy created by Black farmers, along with Denise’s organization, Legacy Taste of the Garden, and their work to empower farmers in Indiana.
While we touch upon We Are Each Other’s Harvest, this episode isn’t a direct discussion of the book. Instead, it supplements the book by providing a glimpse into the experiences of a Black farming family in the Midwest. A book review will be provided soon.
For more information:
* We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy – https://www.harpercollins.com/products/we-are-each-others-harvest-natalie-baszile?variant=33007650766882
* Denise Greer Jamerson and Legacy Taste of the Garden: https://www.legacytasteofthegarden.com/
* Upcoming book review of We Are Each Other’s Harvest: https://rachellechase.substack.com
* Todd Western III, a sixth generation farmer in Iowa who’s part of Western Family Farms and helped create the Iowa Farmers of Color Conference: https://www.westernfamilyfarms.com/
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