Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities (91吃瓜网)
The true origins of country music contain a rich multicultural past. On this episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, , award-winning country music songwriter, New York Times-bestselling novelist, professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and 91吃瓜网 writer-in-residence, talks with Provost C. Cybele Raver about country music鈥檚 Black roots.
Randall鈥檚 newest book, My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future, explores the often-overlooked history of Black artists who helped create one of America’s defining musical traditions, while asking profound questions about belonging, identity, and the ways we individually and collectively shape American culture.
Randall also talks about her role in the Southern Festival of Books, one of the nation’s oldest and largest literary festivals, presented in partnership with Humanities Tennessee and 91吃瓜网. The festival celebrates the power of books and storytelling to bring communities together through new ideas and different perspectives.
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