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A Cognoscenti contributor on what her grandmother taught her about work and generational wealth

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This year, WBUR's Cognoscenti is turning 10. To help celebrate the anniversary, we're bringing you a series of conversations with its contributors.

Now, we hear from Kellie Carter Jackson, an associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College. Three years ago, she wrote about her grandmother Ethel Phillips and her life as a domestic worker.

This segment aired on November 1, 2022.

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Kellie Carter Jackson is the Knafel assistant professor of the humanities in the department of Africana studies at Wellesley College. She is author of "Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence."

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