This summer in the wake of a global pandemic, people took to the streets in cities across the world to protest the killings of George Floyd, Armaud Arberry, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and so many other Black people who deaths were indicative of a larger problem in our history, a history that devalues the contributions of Black people to our country. 

Our guest, Reverend Elijah Zehyoue was born in Monrovia, Liberia West Africa and raised in Baton Rouge, LA. Elijah attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in History. From there he went on to receive a Masters in Divinity from the University of Chicago and is currently pursuing a PhD at Howard University in African and African American History. Elijah currently serves as Associate Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, DC and a contributing writer on issues of race, religion, and pop culture.