Miami's Rodney Coates featured on CBS New Special and PRIME With Charles Blow
Miami professor Rodney Coates breaks down the history of Juneteenth on the CBS News Radio Special "America Changed Forever" hosted by Jeff Pegues (Miami '92), CBS News Chief Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent.
Miami's Rodney Coates featured on CBS New Special and PRIME With Charles Blow
Jeff Pegues (Miami '92), left, and Rodney Coates
Rodney Coates, a professor of critical race and ethnic studies in the department of global and intercultural studies at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, was featured on the June 18
On the program, hosted by CBS New Correspondent Jeff Pegues (Miami '92), Coates breaks down the history of the America’s newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, signed into federal law by President Biden June 18. Pegues is also joined on the program by Michael Harriot of The Root-dot-com, Washington Post’s Michelle Singletary, and Mary Elliot, a curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Coates gave a pre-recorded teach-in lecture about Juneteenth, which is available on .
Pegues, who was Miami’s 2019 spring commencement speaker, was appointed a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø national trustee by Miami’s board of trustees in January 2020.
Watch the interview on PRIME With Charles Blow
Coates was interviewed by New York Times Op-Ed columnist Charles Blow on the new show PRIME With Charles Blow on BNC, June 18.
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