Best Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250
This episode of Fresh Air Weekend explores the enduring legacy of racial secrecy, historical amnesia, and systemic injustice in America through two powerful narratives: journalist Susan Saulny’s investigation into her great-uncle who passed as white in 1920s Chicago, and scholar Eddie G
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