In the Footsteps of Others: Process Drama

In learning about slavery, students often ask, "Why didn't enslaved people run away or revolt?" Lindsay Anne Randall explains "process drama" — a method to help build empathy and understand the risks and complexities that enslaved individuals faced. Join host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., and Learning for Justice, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). (This episode originally aired in Feb. 2018.) Visit the new resource page for this episode (2025), which includes essential ideas and teaching recommendations from the conversation, updated resources, and a complete transcript.

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In the Footsteps of Others: Process Drama is an episode from Teaching Hard History: American Slavery by Learning for Justice.

This episode is 43:17 long.

This episode was published on Jul 31, 2025.

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