“Time for an Awakening”, Sunday 2/02/2025 at SPECIAL TIME 6:00 PM (EST) guests; Author, Scholar of African-American History, Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, Founding Executive Director of the Center for Global Africa (CGA), Prof. Ezrah Aharone

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“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 2/02/2025 at SPECIAL TIME 6:00 PM (EST) guests was Author, Scholar of African-American History, and Associate Professor in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, Dr. Justene Hill Edwards. The book written by our guest “Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank” was part two of our December program discussion. Immediately after the Civil War, over 61,000.00 of our ancestors deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman’s Bank, on June 29, 1874, a bank closed its doors, Dr. Edwards shared the details of the betrayal as part of our historical experience. In the second segment, our guest was Author, Scholar of Sovereign Studies, founding executive director of the Center for Global Africa (CGA) Prof. Ezrah Aharone. Prof. Aharone informed our listeners about the fight to exonerate the name of Marcus Garvey, and what this should mean to us moving forward.