Our Library (1800) w/ Kerri Greenidge

It’s April 25th. This day in 1800, President John Adams approved the appropriation of $5000 for the initial collection of the Library of Congress.

Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by special guest Kerri Greenidge of Tufts to discuss the founding of the library, how the collection kept being lost to fire — and what it means fro something to be included or not included in a nation’s library.

Kerri Greenidge’s latest book is “Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter.” Check it out now!