The Radical Roots of Civil Rights

Where did the Civil Rights Movement really get started? According to Yale Historian Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, we have to look back to the early struggles against Jim Crow in the 1920s and 30s to find the roots of American social justice. She’ll join us this hour to discuss “Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights” (Norton, 2008).

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