To move forward, the United States must confront its history of racial inequality. This hour, three perspectives on looking to the past to build a better future for Black Americans.

Guests include author Joseph McGill Jr., Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker and opinion columnist Charles Blow.

This episode of the TED Radio Hour was produced by Harsha Nahata, Katie Monteleone and Rachel Faulkner White. It was edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour.

Our production staff at NPR also includes James Delahoussaye, Matthew Cloutier and Fiona Geiran. Our audio engineers were Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez and Ted Mebane.

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