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Ray Boomhower: "The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World"
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Ray Boomhower chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about his choices while crafting The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thích Quảng Đức, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
The powerful story behind Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức’s 1963 self-immolation protest in Saigon.
How Malcolm Browne’s iconic photograph of this tragic act shocked the world, igniting global outrage that influenced the course of the Vietnam War.
Why Boomhower chose The Ultimate Protest as the biography’s title.
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