The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America

The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America


Episode One: Hidden History

September 29, 2020

The history of slavery is often taught as a bitter chapter of America’s past that has been rectified. But in Kentucky that history has been rarely acknowledged, and is poorly documented. This has made it particularly difficult for African American families to learn anything about their enslaved ancestors. We’ll meet one Black family just beginning to learn about their family’s connections to a plantation in Louisville.