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Ep. 170 - The Women Behind Civil Rights
The field of history is under fire these days, and not just from conservatives.
Perhaps as a result of a need for unambiguous heroes in dark, unsettled times, historians also face pressure to simplify the historical record when it comes to liberal causes—and perhaps nowhere more so than in the country’s long struggle for racial equality.
“I wanted to write about Civil Rights in a way that made Martin Luther King, Jr. a bit player,” said Marcia Chatelain, author of the new choral biography How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington.
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