# Episode 32: Revisiting the Classics for All: A Conversation with Angel Adams Parham

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Podcast: [ClassicalU Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/classicalu-podcast-6246585)
Published: 2025-09-01T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://truenorth.fm/podcast/e32-revisiting-the-classics-for-all-a-conversation-with-angel-parham/
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## Resource

In this wide-ranging conversation, sociologist, educator and ClassicalU course presenter Angel Adams Parham joins Jesse Hake to explore the idea of an “American classical education.” Drawing, in part, upon her work on “ The Black Intellectual Tradition ” and Women in the Liberal Arts Tradition , Angel makes a compelling case for expanding our understanding of classical education to include voices like Olaudah Equiano, Phyllis Wheatley, Benjamin Banneker, and Martin Luther King Jr. She argues that these thinkers not only embraced the ideals of freedom, justice, and human dignity but also challenged the American project to live up to them. The episode examines how figures often seen in opposition to the Western canon actually engage deeply with classical texts, bringing them to life in prophetic and transformative ways. Angel also shares success stories from her curriculum work in Nyansa Classical Community and offers hopeful signs of renewal in both K–12 and university contexts. Angel believes a true classical education must be capacious, critical, and living—one that welcomes students of all backgrounds into conversations about ancient truths with contemporary relevance. See also this episode with Dr. Kelisha B. Graves about her book on educator and civil rights activist Nannie Helen Burroughs.

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