Bringing Racial Justice To The Table - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans

This episode of Louisiana Eats examines African American culinary life and culture in slavery times and today. Historic New Orleans Collection curator Erin Greenwald gives us a private tour of Purchased Lives New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808 1865, an exhibit that examines the domestic slave trade in America. Solomon Northup, the free man of color who wrote the memoir "Twelve Years A Slave" comes to life with some amazing documents that shed light on his true story. Then, food activist and author, Bryant Terry discusses the inspiration behind his new book, "Afro Vegan Farm Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed." Bryant draws from soul food and others from the African Diaspora, interpreting them in new, fresh and healthy ways.