The House Our Hands Built

The White House is one of most recognized buildings and symbols of American power and democracy. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they illuminate the unsung men and women who built and worked in that fabled building. From the carpenters, brick layers, laborers, entertainers, and servants, all the way to the confidants, diplomats, and policymakers, Black/African Americans, in spite of systemic racism, have left their mark on “the people’s house” and on the nation’s culture and politics. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at podcast.whyaretheysoangry.com.

Citations

“Jackie Kennedy’s fairy-tale wedding was a nightmare for her African American dress designer,” Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, August 28, 2019.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/08/28/jackie-kennedys-fairy-tale-wedding-was-nightmare-her-african-american-dress-designer/

“Presidents behaving badly,” Why Are They So Angry? podcast, https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/presidents-behaving-badly/

The Black History of the White House, Clarence Lusane, The Open Media Series, 2011.

“The untold story of Ann Lowe, the Black designer behind Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress,” Allyssia Alleyne, CNN, December 23, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ann-lowe-jackie-kennedy-wedding-dress/index.html