Best Of: Actor Leslie Uggams / Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present
from Fresh Air
by NPR
Published: Sat Jul 26 2025
Show Notes
Actor and singer Leslie Uggams talks about her remarkable career, which started when she was 6. She was later the first Black woman to host a TV variety show. In the 1977 TV miniseries Roots, she played Kunta Kinte's daughter. More recently she's been in Empire, American Fiction, and the Deadpool films — and is still going strong at 82.
Also, writer Joseph Lee talks about what it means to be a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha's Vineyard. His new book, Nothing More of This Land, peels back the postcard image of the Vineyard to reveal a powerful story of Indigenous identity and survival.
Plus, rock critic Ken Tucker reviews new music from the band HAIM and Addison Rae.
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Also, writer Joseph Lee talks about what it means to be a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe from Martha's Vineyard. His new book, Nothing More of This Land, peels back the postcard image of the Vineyard to reveal a powerful story of Indigenous identity and survival.
Plus, rock critic Ken Tucker reviews new music from the band HAIM and Addison Rae.
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