Episode 3 | Artist Pierce Freelon on His Vision for the City of Durham

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal, chair of Duke’s Department of African and African American Studies, speaks with Durham, N.C. mayoral candidate Pierce Freelon

About town/gown relations, the city’s rapid development, and his vision for Durham’s marginalized communities. Freelon is the founder of Blackspace, a digital maker space in Durham where young people learn about music, film and coding, and he is frontman of the local jazz hip-hop band The Beast. He also co-founded Beat Making Lab, an Emmy-Award winning PBS web-series and social entrepreneurship community program.