"Yelena Khanga: On Family, Growing Up in the USSR, and Black Lives Matter"

Duration:16:37Posted date/time:June 25, 2020

In this episode of KennanX, Jill Dougherty speaks with Yelena Khanga about the story of her family, what it was like growing up Black in the Soviet Union, and the Black Lives Matter movement here in America.

Yelena Khanga is a Russian journalist, talk show host, and author of “Soul to Soul: A Black Russian Jewish Woman’s Search for Her Roots.”

Guest

Yelena Khanga

Journalist, Author, and Talk Show Host

Moderator

Jill Dougherty

Global Fellow;
Former CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent

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Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region through research and exchange. Read more

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