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In the ongoing reckoning over race in America, many of the conversations in this moment are forward-focused. While striving for a more equitable future is imperative, can we really move forward without a comprehensive understanding of the history that got us to this moment? Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson spends the hour looking back at the role of African-Americans in the making of America, specifically through the lens of Black American labor. Listen: Labor history scholar and author Joe Trotter explains the interconnectivity between Black labor, capitalism and the creation of America Guest: Joe Trotter Jr. is the Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the Director and Founder of Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE). His latest book is titled “Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.” As far as the origins of this book and why Trotter decided that

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