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Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life (FSG, 2023) is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory... more

H. C. C. Astwood: minister and missionary, diplomat and politician, enigma in the annals of US history. In Dominican Crossroads: H.C.C. Astwood and the Moral Politics of Race-Making in the Age of Emancipation (Duke UP, 2024), Christina Cecelia Davi... more

At the center of 1970s New York's most iconic clubs—from the celebrity-studded Studio 54 to the premiere lesbian discotheque Sahara—stood a queer Black woman on the turntables: Sharon White. With a sound she describes as "edgy, deep, aggressive, tech... more

Wilberforce, Clarkson, Wesley. Britain’s great abolitionist activist Granville Sharp. Each of these consequential figures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world were galvanized by the moral power of a modest Quaker teacher who never ventured more t... more

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Recent Guests

Christina Davidson
Author of Dominican Crossroads, H.C.C. Astwood and the Moral Politics of Race-Making in the Age of Emancipation
Duke University Press
Episode: Christina Cecelia Davidson, "Dominican Crossroads: H.C.C. Astwood and the Moral Politics of Race-Making in the Age of Emancipation" (Duke UP, 2024)
Sharon White
Pioneering DJ and the first woman to play at The Saint and Paradise Garage
Episode: Sharon White Rewires Disco
Dr. David Chanoff
Visiting research professor at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Episode: David Chanoff, "Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist" (U Georgia Press, 2025)
Rizvana Bradley
Associate Professor of Film and Media; Affiliated Faculty in the History of Art and the Center for Race and Gender at the University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley
Episode: Rizvana Bradley, "Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form" (Stanford UP, 2023)
Alice Echols
A celebrated professor of history and author of 'Hot Stuff, Disco and the Remaking of American Culture'
University of Southern California
Episode: James Brown's War on Disco
Yunxiang Gao
Professor of history at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, and author of Arise Africa, Roar China.
Ryerson University
Episode: Yunxiang Gao, "Arise Africa, Roar China: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century" (UNC Press, 2021)
Diane T. Feldman
Author of Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi.
University Press of Mississippi
Episode: Diane T. Feldman, "Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi" (UP of Mississippi, 2025)
Dr. Marion Orr
Political science professor at Brown University, specializing in urban politics and race and politics
Brown University
Episode: House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr.
Dr. Micah Salkind
Director of Civic and Cultural Life at the Rhode Island Foundation, DJ, and author.
Rhode Island Foundation
Episode: Disco's Revenge

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Sullivan Summer
Zachary Williams
Host of the African American Studies podcast for the New Books Network

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 208 ratings
  • They always feature my fav scholars and thinkers

    Anytime I’m looking to learn more about a new author that I️ come across, chances are, they’ve already been interviewed by you all!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    @bodegaautumn
    United States7 months ago
  • Varied and interesting

    So many excellent authors discuss their books on this podcast that I wouldn’t have found out about otherwise. Thank you for this great channel of information!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sol na Laje
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Host needs moderation work

    First, honor and excitement for this podcast — Listened to the “Silencing the Past” Trouillot episode which brought together some stellar scholars to a round table to discuss the impact of the text in our recent years, in and following 2020. Interspersed between scholars’ remarks about the text or social events, McNeil might chime in, “that’s really interesting” or “wow, that’s incredible” or but added so very little in the way of building, or drawing connections between ideas, I found myself sk... more

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    4
    technique over topics
    United States2 years ago
  • Really

    Are there African Americans who write books on African American history? Really!?!? Do better or end this.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Clone B.
    United States3 years ago
  • 15 January 2023

    Very informative, thank you.

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    United States3 years ago

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Christina Cecelia Davidson, "Dominican Crossroads: H.C.C. Astwood and the Moral Politics of Race-Making in the Age of Emancipation" (Duke UP, 2024)
Q: How did you arrive at the concept of moral politics of race-making?
The concept emerged through examining the life of Astwood, who navigated issues of morality and race in his time, particularly through legal cases and his ministerial work in the AME Church.
Jonathan Eig, "King: A Life" (FSG, 2023)
Q: What made you want to tackle a life of someone like Dr. King?
After interviewing figures connected to Muhammad Ali, I realized I had the opportunity to ask people who knew Martin Luther King Jr. what he was really like, recognizing it as a unique chance to share what I learned with others.
David Chanoff, "Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist" (U Georgia Press, 2025)
Q: Why did this all get forgotten?
Benezet's work was initially recognized but became overshadowed by the dramatic events of the abolitionist movement leading up to the Civil War, which caused many early abolitionists, including him, to fade from collective memory.
David Chanoff, "Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist" (U Georgia Press, 2025)
Q: How does he end up becoming an anti-slavery activist? Is that sort of separate from his work as a teacher, or is that part of his goal as a teacher?
Teaching was intimately connected to his anti-slavery activism; Benezet's night school for black children played a crucial role in his understanding of racial equality and prompted his public advocacy against slavery.
David Chanoff, "Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist" (U Georgia Press, 2025)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
David Chanoff introduced himself as primarily a writer affiliated with various universities, and noted that he became engaged with Anthony Benezet due to his significant yet overlooked influence on the abolitionist movement.

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Featuring a series of insightful conversations, episodes explore a wide range of topics centered around African American studies, including literature, history, and the personal experiences of contemporary Black thinkers. Scholars share their latest works, engaging in discussions about crucial themes like racial identity, cultural heritage, and historical contributions of African Americans. The series emphasizes the importance of narratives that highlight both current and historical perspectives, aiming to elevate voices and experiences that have often been overlooked.

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