03/27/2026
If George Washington Carver, Crispus Attucks and slavery are the sum total of your knowledge of African American history, you're in for a few surprises in my interview of Juliana Richardson, founder of the History Makers. From the woman who inspired Hidden Figures to Quincy Jones to Barack Obama, Juliana has archived a mountain of first person interviews.
Two years ago I was lucky enough to attend an event at Rutgers Living History Society where Juliana Richardson was honored with an Oral History Award. Her claim to fame? Her work with the History Makers, a project she started 24 years earlier to document Black history in America. . . the largest eff...
