介绍： 885: Bless This Mess
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to make American history tidier, we try to learn from the mess. Including the untold, messy story of Paul and Essie Robeson.

00:00 Prologue: - By Emanuele Berry
07:16 Act One: - By Nichole Hill
48:46 Act Two: - By Emmanuel Dzotsi

April 10, 20...

介绍： 885: Bless This Mess
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to make American history tidier, we try to learn from the mess. Including the untold, messy story of Paul and Essie Robeson.

00:00 Prologue: - By Emanuele Berry
07:16 Act One: - By Nichole Hill
48:46 Act Two: - By Emmanuel Dzotsi

April 10, 2026
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00:00 Prologue: - By Emanuele Berry
Guest Host Emanuele Berry talks to Nichole Hill about the Black movie characters Nichole was curious about as a child. (7 minutes)

07:16 Act One: - By Nichole Hill
A giant of the Harlem Renaissance, Paul Robeson was the most famous American of his day. Until he wasn’t. Nichole Hill tells the messy, complicated story of Paul and his wife, Essie Robeson. (38 minutes)

48:46 Act Two: - By Emmanuel Dzotsi
In 1865, a formerly enslaved man named Jourdan Anderson received a letter from his former enslaver, asking Jourdan to return to the plantation and work. Actor Laurence Fishburne reads Jourdan’s response.
- Song: "“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel”" by Paul Robeson