Sneak Peek: C. Brian Williams

C. Brian Williams: This honor means a lot to me, the National Heritage Fellow(ship), because this is a part of our country’s heritage and when you study the tradition of stepping, which leads to the tradition of fraternities and sororities and the development of these organizations, and what they have done in terms of serve as a space for the development of African American leadership, you can learn so much more just by accessing the artform of stepping. So the form introduces you to the development of a culture, of a subset of a culture, as well. That’s for all the fellows and the forms they represent, they tell us so much about the American story, and all its many, many faces.