s4e8 – Rewind: Black Lantern Books & The Legacy Library

Listen and Be Heard Network · Apr 30, 2026 · 58m

s4e8 – Rewind: Black Lantern Books & The Legacy Library

Cipriano Belser, Shizue Seigel, Micah Franklin, Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour, Celia Cruz, Arturo O’Farrill, Fred Wesley

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February 26th, 2026, April 30, 2026

Cipriano Belser joins Martha in the audio garden to talk about Black Lantern Books, in Englewood, California, which houses The Legacy Library, a collection of some 10,000 books curated by organizer, Kwazi Nkrumah. A co-founder of the bookstore, Cipriano shares the significance of the collection on Black Liberation, environmentalism and…