The Leonard Lopate Show: Up From History

Up From History

In the early 1890s, Booker T. Washington was "the most famous and respected black man in America." Yet by the end of the decade he was widely caricatured and mocked until his death in 1915. Robert Norrell asks us to rethink Washington and his achievments with his new biography Up From History.

Guests:

Robert Norrell

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Mickey Bitsko from Downtown Manhattan

I ordered this book from the library after reading The NY Review of Books' rave review. Sounds very good.

Feb. 11 2009 12:47 PM

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