Conversations with Kenyatta

About Conversations with Kenyatta

"Genealogy Roadshow" host and author of "The Family Tree Toolkit," Kenyatta D. Berry looks into genealogy, ancestry, and family history as well as what it means to have enslaved ancestors, and interviews experts in the field. The music for episodes 1-76 is "Good Vibe" by Ketsa, and 76+ is by Rheme via Pixabay.

Publisher

Kenyatta D. Berry

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Feb 2021

Latest episode

30 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jul 2026

   A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Lande on the Hidden Stories of Black Civil War Soldiers

   Send us Fan Mail For many people, the story of Black Civil War soldiers ends on the battlefield. But what if some of the most revealing stories happened far from combat, in military camps, prison cells, and court-martial records? In this episode, Kenyatta sits down with historian Dr. Jonathan Lande to discuss his book, Freedom Soldiers. Together, they explore how newly emancipated Black men navigated military service, not simply as soldiers, but as people actively pursuing freedom on their ow...

2. 

   25 Jun 2026

   A Conversation with Amy Nathan: Exploring the Legacy of Sarah Keys Evans and America's Long Road to Justice

   Send us Fan Mail Long before the Freedom Riders and around the same time as Rosa Parks, Sarah Keys Evans, a young Black Army private, refused to surrender her seat on an interstate bus. Her courage led to a landmark legal victory that helped dismantle segregation in interstate travel, yet her story has remained largely absent from history books. In this episode, Kenyatta sits down with author Amy Nathan to discuss her book, Riding Into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the...

3. 

   28 May 2026

   A Conversation with Robert Colby: Slavery, the Civil War, and the Hidden History of Slave Trading

   Send us Fan Mail What if one of the biggest assumptions we make about slavery during the Civil War is incomplete? In this episode of Conversations with Kenyatta, Kenyatta sits down with historian Robert Colby to discuss his groundbreaking research on slave trading during the Civil War and his book, An Unholy Traffic. Together, they unpack how the domestic slave trade continued even during wartime, what that reveals about Confederate motivations, and how enslaved people navigated impossible ch...

Who has been a guest on Conversations with Kenyatta

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Michele Ronnick
• Debra Britt
• Dr Tess Chakkalakal
• Caitlin Howle
• Gail Lukasik

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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