'The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 17, 2020

Bettye Kearse, descendent of James Madison and retired pediatrician and geneticist, discusses her new book, The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President’s Black Family. The book will be published on March 24. 

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