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9:04 WKAR s Scott Pohl talks with Rochelle Riley about That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed The World (FULL INTERVIEW) SCOTT POHL: I wanted to begin by asking you about the idea behind this book. Where did the idea come from? ROCHELLE RILEY: About four years ago, I was on Twitter, because I usually am, and saw these amazing photographs of this little girl dressed as iconic African American women: the makeup, the dress, the whole works, and they were showing up every day. And so I got enamored with them, thought they were great, and moved on. Well, the following Black History Month, they were there again. This time, I tracked down the person who was doing them, this amazing woman who lives outside of Seattle who literally decided to do this to teach her daughter about Black history and these famous women in Black history by having her embody them. I was just so inspired and really proud of what she did, and so I said well, you know what, I d love for people to know more about these women. I think I d like to write something to go with these pictures, and she said oh, I m just stunned. She just wasn t sure, she was so humble and sweet. And I said, really? Let me let me talk to you about it.