Get Lit with All Of It: Allyson Hobbs on the History of Racial Passing in American Life

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 12, 2020

Our September book club selection dealt with themes of race and racial passing. Allyson Hobbs, professor of U.S. History and Director of African and African American Studies at Stanford University, discusses this history at our virtual Get Lit with All Of It book club event. She is the author of the book A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life. 

Missed the event? Watch it in full here.

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