Today on Stateside, we heard from Willie D. Davis, Jr., an educator and historian who is being honored as one of the grand marshals of Lansing’s Juneteenth parade.
Also, a professor at Michigan State University discussed his work on a publicly available dataset of over 2 million Black Americans who were born before emancipation.
Then, the latest episode of The Dish. Host Mercedes Meija talked with Brittany March, owner of It’s Food Detroit, about vegan Detroit-style pizza.
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GUESTS ON TODAY’S SHOW:
- Willie D. Davis, Jr., historian, educator, and Grand Marshal of Lansing’s Juneteenth Parade
- Walter Hawthorne, professor of African and Digital History at Michigan State University, Director of Enslaved.org, editor of the Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation
- Brittany March, chef/owner of It’s Food Detroit
