James sits down with Rebecca Hankins, associate professor and library archivist at Texas A&M University, about the need to recapture the histories of minorities' contribution to our society, the presence of Muslim African Americans in antebellum United States, and the Matthew Gaines statue initiative on TAMU campus.

Learn more about the Matthew Gaines statue campaign here:

https://studentaffairs.tamu.edu/students/matthew-gaines-statue/

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