'The Overground Railroad,' 'The Firsts,' Ibram X. Kendi, George Washington's Legacy, Harriet Tubman Came to Slay

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jul 3, 2020

[REBROADCAST FROM JANUARY 6, 2020] Candacy Taylor joins us to discuss her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.

[REBROADCAST FROM MARCH 10, 2020] Jennifer Steinhauer joins us to discuss her book, The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress.

[REBROADCAST FROM AUGUST 15, 2019] Author Ibram X. Kendi joins us to discuss his book, How to Be an Antiracist.

[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 14, 2020] Alexis Coe joins us to discuss her book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.

[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 27, 2019] Erica Armstrong Dunbar joins us to discuss her new book, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman.

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