Background
Lee Hawkins is the author of the forthcoming book, NOBODY’S SLAVE: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free (HarperCollins 2023). He is working with American Public Media (APM) as a special correspondent. He will be co-producing and hosting a long-form podcast series about the intergenerational ripple effect of slavery and Jim Crow segregation on his family, dating back to 1600s. Before venturing into podcasting, he worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal for 19 years.