Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

I'm Anna Kusmer.

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is a professor at Smith College in Western Massachusetts, specializing in American history and race.

She's also the daughter of a famous man.

[audience applauding] Thank you.

It don't mean nothing.

So I love y'all, and you take that with you.

[instrumental music] More of my conversation with Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor after a short break.

So Elizabeth, um, you lead a lot of classroom discussions about racism and the N-word.

Thank you for listening to the Chills at Will podcast, in which we explore the visceral beauty of literature and its connection to our culture, our history, and ourselves.

[gentle music] And it is a pleasure here to be joined w- by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, Doctor.

How are you today? Good to talk to you.

Good.

Just real quick, has the family been involved, or who...

Yes, we were so lucky to have Elizabeth Pryor visit the museum not too long ago.

That's

right, I forgot about that.

Firstly, she has just released a great book, Something We Said, The Word, Richard Pryor and Me.

And we were so, so lucky to have her visit and talk about it a little further.

But I think you've not seen the last of Elizabeth Pryor and the Pryor family in Peoria.

Yeah.