Tilling The Soil

In this second half of a two-part episode, Dr. Joy and Amber are joined by Whitney Plantation’s Executive Director Ashley Rogers and Director of Operations and Visitor Experience Yvonne Holden to talk about the whys and hows of the work of Whitney Plantation and the challenges that come along with being intentional at a former plantation site.

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In this two-part episode, Dr. Joy and Amber are joined by Whitney Plantation’s Executive Director Ashley Rogers and Director of Operations and Visitor Experience Yvonne Holden to talk about the whys and hows of the work of Whitney Plantation and the challenges that come along with being intentional at a former plantation site.

Looking to visit Whitney Plantation? Check out our website for information on tours, programs, and events. Remember to follow us on all social media platforms!

Help us to continue to create programming that informs through a donation to Whitney Plantation.

Visitors come to Whitney Plantation with a lot of different ideas about what slavery was and wasn’t. Join Nicole Moore, historian and Director of Education at the Center for Civil and Human Rights as we walk through some of the myths about the Peculiar Institution, where they come from, and why they’re so hard for all of us to shake.

Visit Nicole's work at Interpreting Slave Life.

Learn more about the work of the Slave Dwelling Project.

Read and Listen to the WPA Slave Narratives from the Library of Congress.

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Co-founders Jo and Joy Banner of The Descendants Project discuss the legacies of slavery that still impact the descendant community that Whitney Plantation is part of, Wallace. The conversation includes environmental racism and lack of inclusion in the tourism industry, amongst many other connected issues.

Read more about The Descendants Project and Whitney Plantation's fight against the Wallace Grain Elevator. Follow the Descendants Project on Facebook, on Twitter as @project_descend, and Instagram as @thedescendantsproject.

Sign the petition to protect Whitney Plantation and Wallace!

Read about the descendants and leadership battle at James Madison's Montpelier.

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This week, Amber and Dr. Joy are joined by Elon Cook Lee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to talk about museum labor, race, and equity: how can a museum hold good labor practices while being a former site of subjugation?

On Plantation Weddings.

Follow Elon on Twitter.

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Voices of Whitney Plantation’s interpretive staff and Gaynell Brady of Our Mammy’s, discuss the importance of education and interpretation onsite and generally when discussing the history of enslaved people and their descendants.

You can keep up with Gaynell and her work at Our Mammy's on all social media platforms.

Whitney's Education Team has gather resources for learners and teachers of all ages! You can view them on our website.

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On this special episode, Amber and Joy chat with Whitney Plantation's Yvonne Holden and New Orleans-based attorney and TicTok content creator Wynton Yates about his viral video featuring slave cabins turned Airbnb.

Here's Wynton's viral TikTok video , a Mic article on the issue, and Airbnb's response via the Washington Post. Be sure to follow @lawyerwynton on TikTok and other platforms!

Read more about The Descendants Project and Whitney Plantation's fight against the Wallace Grain Elevator. Follow the Descendants Project on Facebook, on Twitter as @project_descend, and Instagram as @thedescendantsproject.

Sign the petition to protect Whitney Plantation and Wallace!

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Historic Preservationist Nakita Reed talks about preserving historic sites, race, and the intersections of preservation, climate change, and environmental racism.

Take a listen to Nakita's podcast, Tangible Remnants!

Keep up with Nakita on her website.

Check out this statement from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in defense of the descendant community of Wallace, LA and Whitney Plantation.

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Dr. Ashley Bouknight-Claybrooks, historian and Senior Manager of Professional Development at the American Association for State and Local History, speaks on the history of Black museums and museology, and how Whitney Plantation helps to reshape our understanding of museums dedicated to Black history.

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You can follow Dr. Bouknight-Claybrooks on Twitter.

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Hosts Amber and Dr. Joy are joined by Dr. Karen Cox, historian and author of Dreaming of Dixie: How the South was Created in American Popular Culture and No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice on the history of plantation tourism— the whys of how we as a community understand the history, projections, myths, around plantations, slavery, and what we see when we visit them today.

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