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Richard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word

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Jun 1, 202643:44Arts

Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has spent her career tracing the racial slur, the N-word, through slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, and hip hop. But what she didn't tell most of her students, even some of...

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Richard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word is an episode from Fresh Air by NPR. Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has spent her career tracing the racial slur, the N-word, through slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights move...

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Published Jun 1, 2026, 43:44 long, audio available.