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Alondra Nelson switches roles with Mark Anthony Neal as she interviews him about his new book, Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities.

Akinyele Omowale Umoja discusses why he wrote his book, We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement (NYU Press, 2013).

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Akinyele Omowale Umoja talks about the man pictured on the cover of his book, We Will Shoot Back (NYU Press, 2013).

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Akinyele Omowale Umoja, author of We Will Shoot Back (NYU Press, 2013), discusses the gun-control debate, particularly as it relates to African descendants in the United States

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Akinyele Omowale Umoja, author of We Will Shoot Back (NYU Press, 2013), discusses the Mississippi freedom struggle as a precursor to the Black Panther Party.

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Akinyele Omowale Umoja talks further about his book, We Will Shoot Back, which challenges long-held beliefs about the Black Freedom Struggle.

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Jill Norgren, author of Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America's First Women Lawyers (NYU Press, 2013), shares the stories from her book.

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Jill Norgren, author of Rebels at the Bar (NYU Press, 2013), on women in the law profession, yesterday and today.

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Jill Norgren, author of Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America's First Women Lawyers (NYU Press, 2013), discusses how the first female lawyers helped advance opportunities for women in the field o...

Jill Norgren discusses the origins and themes of her book, Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America's First Women Lawyers (NYU Press, 2013).

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Jill Norgren, author of Rebels at the Bar (NYU Press, 2013), talks about the career choices women entering law in the 19th century had to make, such as whether or not to wear a hat in court.

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Jill Norgren, author of Rebels at the Bar (NYU Press, 2013), on women in the law profession, yesterday and today.

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David Orentlicher, author of TWO PRESIDENTS ARE BETTER THAN ONE (NYU Press, 2013), tells us why two presidents might actually be able to fix Washington.

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Constance Rosenblum discusses the response from readers of her column, Habitats, when it appeared regularly in the Real Estate section of The New York Times.

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Constance Rosenblum talks about how she wanted the essays in Habitats (NYU Press, 2013) to offer a mosaic of domestic life in New York—by uncovering the lives of those dwelling in tenements, co-ops, and public housing, as ...

Constance Rosenblum shares two of her favorite stories from her book, Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City (NYU Press, 2013).

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Constance Rosenblum, author of Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City (NYU Press, 2013) discusses how 'home' might mean more to people living in New York City.

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Constance Rosenblum offers us a brief introduction to her book, Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City (NYU Press, 2013).

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Constance Rosenblum shares insights from the many interviews she did for her New York Times column. Expanded versions of a selection of these essays will appear in her book, Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City (NYU Pre...

The topic of this program is why jury duty matters and the title of the book authored by my guest. Why Jury Duty Matters, a Citizen's Guide to Con...

Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution, talks about the meaning behind her book's title.

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Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December, discusses how Celia Sánchez's relationship with Fidel Castro developed.

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Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December, talks about the missing actor of the Cuban Revolution, Celia Sánchez, and her life before joining the revolutionary movement.

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Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December, discusses her research in writing the biography of Celia Sánchez—including interviews with Sánchez's friends, family, and comrades in the rebel army; countless letters and docume...

Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December (Monthly Review Press, 2013), discusses how she became inspired to write the biography of Celia Sánchez, the missing actor of the Cuban Revolution.

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Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December, talks about how Pulitzer Prize-winner Alice Walker became interested in her book.

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Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December, discusses Evita's possible influence on Celia Sánchez—and how Celia was a real girl of the Sixties.

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Charlene Mires is the author of Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations.

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Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World, discusses how lesser known cities came into the race to be the 'center of the world,' the place to host the United Nations.

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Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, discusses the boosters who were participated in the race to become the "capital of the world."

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Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, discusses how the United Nations diplomats received the civic boosters of the various cities and regions vying to become the capital of t...

Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, on the decision to host the United Nations in the United States.

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Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, on how NYC became home to the United Nations headquarters

Charlene Mires discusses her book, Capital of the World: The Race for the United Nations (NYU Press, 2013).

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Charlene Mires, author of Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, discusses how NYC fit into the race to become the home of the United Nations headquarters.

Marjorie Heins, author of Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge, discusses what happened at SUNY Buffalo, and how it led to Keyishian et al. v. Board of Regents.

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Marjorie Heins, author of Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge, on the origins of one of the most important cases defending academic freedom in the history of law.

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