About the QUEEN SUGAR Learning Companion


About the QUEEN SUGAR Learning Companion
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Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective, ARRAY, invites you to explore our learning companion based on the critically-acclaimed OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network series QUEEN SUGAR! Created by DuVernay, and airing for seven seasons, the one-hour drama QUEEN SUGAR has delved deeply into the heart and soul of Black America through the saga of the Bordelon family. From incarceration, police brutality and gentrification to co-dependency, entrepreneurship, enslavement and identity, the drama series has boldly tackled narrative change with an eye toward true social impact.

The QUEEN SUGAR 101 learning guide builds on the show’s themes, weaving together a timeline of American history with the family history of the Bordelons and challenging users to dig deeper with interactive activities.

Use it in the classroom, with groups and organizations, or at the kitchen table.

Check out our new QUEEN SUGAR learning companion and stream the first six seasons now on Hulu and the OWN App.

Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective, ARRAY, invites you to explore our learning companion based on the critically-acclaimed OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network series QUEEN SUGAR! Created by DuVernay, and airing for seven seasons, the one-hour drama QUEEN SUGAR has delved deeply into the heart and soul of Black America through the saga of the Bordelon family. From incarceration, police brutality and gentrification to co-dependency, entrepreneurship, enslavement and identity, the drama series has boldly tackled narrative change with an eye toward true social impact.

The QUEEN SUGAR 101 learning guide builds on the show’s themes, weaving together a timeline of American history with the family history of the Bordelons and challenging users to dig deeper with interactive activities.

Use it in the classroom, with groups and organizations, or at the kitchen table.

Check out our new QUEEN SUGAR learning companion and stream the first six seasons now on Hulu and the OWN App.

Our Contributors

Tammy Garnes
Vice President, Education and Understanding at ARRAY

Chantel D. Mullen
Learning Companion Project Manager, Writer, Attorney

Dr. Tony Lamair Burks II
Writer, Instructional Designer, Educator

Kendra Cass
Writer, Middle School Social Studies Educator

Ja’el “YaYa” Gordon, M.A.
Writer, Historian, Genealogist

Dr. Sonya McCoy-Wilson
Writer, Professor, Dean

Naseeba Bagalaaliwo
Writer, Researcher, ARRAY Intern

Special Thanks

Marie Bigham
Executive Director at ACCEPT: Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today

Dr. Kristina E. Poznan
Managing Editor, Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation at Enslaved.org

Christopher A. Stewart, MDIV, MTS, MSLIS
Human and Social Justice Librarian

Darian Colbert
Website Developer, DARCO STUDIO®

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