Actor and singer Leslie Uggams talks about her remarkable career, which started when she was 6. She was later the first Black woman to host a TV variety show. In the 1977 TV miniseries
Roots, she played Kunta Kinte's daughter. More recently she's been in
Empire,
American Fiction, and the
Deadpool films — and is still going strong at 82.
Also, writer Joseph Lee talks about what it means to be a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha's Vineyard. His new book,
Nothing More of This Land, peels back the postcard image of the Vineyard to reveal a powerful story of Indigenous identity and survival.
Plus, rock critic Ken Tucker reviews new music from the band HAIM and Addison Rae.
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