Jill Lepore, professor of American history at Harvard, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle Over American History, concludes her stint as our weekly guest for the month of May. She will discuss how four past historical moments have influenced the present political and social climate in the United States.
Today's historical moment: The 1898 right to strike case and Clarence Darrow's defense.
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What about Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Canter.
David Boies? Bush v Gore and the Cal gay marriage case.
There's gotta be a movie about Olson and Boies one day.
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