Part I of NPR's Juana Summers' conversation with actress Kerry Washington about her new memoir, Thicker Than Water.
Listen to Part II of this interview here.
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Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR.