On this episode, we speak to Vanessa Williams. Vanessa is the cofounder of Red Rice and Beans Diaspora Bookstore as well as the program manager for Teaching for Change in the DC area. We speak about the relationship between history and the present, how Black women in the south lead the way for liberation, and her preoccupation with time. 







Learn more about Red Rice and Beans Diaspora Bookstore here: https://www.rrbbookstore.com/



Episode Highlights













































sisters in the South leading the way for us getting free

Engaging books from the entire Black Diaspora

the role of indy bookstores in justice and joy&nbsp;

Wildest Dream for Red Rice and Beans/Call to Action

Their Family Wants Them Here

Cross Streets is a podcast about race, culture and soul care. We are friends living in Brooklyn with a passion for empowering people and a collective mission for racial justice and community healing. By sharing and discussing the stories of our friends and neighbors in our community, we hope to promote the possibility of authentic cultural exchange between people of different races.