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Mar 18, 2018

A former NFL player and now a highly respected historian and professor at Emory University, Dr. Pellom McDaniels, III, visits with the crew from Funky Politics to discuss:

  • Should Black professional athletes use their platform to protest during games?  If so, what should be the level of support provided by White teammates?  The Player's Union? 
  • Black Civil War Soldiers...What were the Black Confederate Soldiers fighting for versus those fighting for the Union?
  • Slavery through the eyes of today's "Revisionist Historians" and what should be the stance of today's academicians?