Join with us to celebrate African American history month. Some of our most recent podcasts include interviews with top African American historians who have written books on a range of topics from the struggle for civil rights in the South to the pursuit of equality in healthcare in New York City.
Find links to the latest episodes below. To avoid missing a single episode, be sure to subscribe to the Political Affairs podcast. Send us your comments at editor@politicalaffairs.net.
1. Racial Segregation in American Cities
On this episode we play the second part of our interview with historian and author Luther Adams on his new book, Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970. For the map discussed in the interview see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5011003858/
2. African Americans and Migration in the South, an Interview with Luther Adams
We want to send a shout out to the working families of Wisconsin who are standing up to the abuses of power by the Republicans who want to balance their state's budget on the backs of working people to pay for tax cuts for the rich. And we play the first part of our interview with historian and author Luther Adams about his new book, Way Up North in Louisville.
We want to send a shout out to the working families of Wisconsin who are standing up to the abuses of power by the Republicans who want to balance their state's budget on the backs of working people to pay for tax cuts for the rich. And we play the first part of our interview with historian and author Luther Adams about his new book, Way Up North in Louisville.
3. Race and the White House, an Interview with Clarence Lusane
On this episode we play our interview with historian Clarence Lusane, author of The Black History of the White House from City Lights Press.
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4. W.E.B. Du Bois in Global Contexts, an interview with Gerald Horne
On this episode we play our recent interview with historian and author Gerald Horne, about his new book W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography. Plus listener comments.
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5. Boycotting Jim Crow: The Original Anti-Segregation Movement
On this episode we speak with historian Blair L.M. Kelley about her award-winning book Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson, recently out by University of North Carolina Press.
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6. Health Politics in Harlem, an Interview with Jamie J. Wilson
On this episode we interview Professor Jamie J. Wilson, author of a fascinating new book titled Building a Healthy Black Harlem: Health Politics in Harlem, New York from the Jazz Age to the Great Depression, just out from Cambria Press, CambriaPress.com.
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On this episode we play our interview with historian Clarence Lusane, author of The Black History of the White House from City Lights Press.
Download mp3 | Read text of interview | subscribe in iTunes
4. W.E.B. Du Bois in Global Contexts, an interview with Gerald Horne
On this episode we play our recent interview with historian and author Gerald Horne, about his new book W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography. Plus listener comments.
Download mp3 | Read text of interview | subscribe in iTunes
5. Boycotting Jim Crow: The Original Anti-Segregation Movement
On this episode we speak with historian Blair L.M. Kelley about her award-winning book Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson, recently out by University of North Carolina Press.
Download mp3 | Read text of interview | subscribe in iTunes
6. Health Politics in Harlem, an Interview with Jamie J. Wilson
On this episode we interview Professor Jamie J. Wilson, author of a fascinating new book titled Building a Healthy Black Harlem: Health Politics in Harlem, New York from the Jazz Age to the Great Depression, just out from Cambria Press, CambriaPress.com.
Download mp3 | Read text of interview | subscribe in iTunes
7. African Americans, Africans and the Globalization of White Supremacy, Parts 1 & 2
On these episodes we play our two-part interview with historian and author Andrew Zimmerman on his new book, Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South.
