We hear Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, on how society's tendency to oversimplify complex historical figures undermines our ability to understand these people's contributions and significance.

We hear Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, on how society's tendency to oversimplify complex historical figures undermines our ability to understand these people's contributions and significance.

We hear Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, on how society's tendency&nbsp;to oversimplify complex historical figures undermines our ability to understand these people's contributions and significance.

The challenge to understand the full complexity of historical figures

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