African-American History Month with the University Presses

Harvard University Press, University of California Press, Yale University Press

A series of interviews with authors of books on African American History that have been published by several University Presses.

  • 15 minutes 50 seconds
    Mingus Speaks- UC Press Podcast
    John Goodman discusses a series of interviews with bassist Charles Mingus.
    16 May 2013, 10:00 am
  • 16 minutes 10 seconds
    The Amazing Bud Powell- UC Press Podcast
    Guthrie Ramsey discusses the life and work of jazz pianist Bud Powell.
    23 April 2013, 10:00 am
  • 14 minutes 42 seconds
    Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Movement- University of California Press
    An interview with Joshua Bloom about the history and politics of the Black Panther Party.
    9 January 2013, 10:00 am
  • 16 minutes 39 seconds
    To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker- Harvard University Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Sydney Nathans of Duke University about the efforts of escaped slave Mary Walker to liberate her family from North Carolina.
    9 January 2012, 2:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 52 seconds
    What Was African American Literture?- Harvard University Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Kenneth Warren about the relationship between Jim Crow and African American Literature.
    21 October 2010, 2:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 17 seconds
    Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell- University of California Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Nikhil Pal Singh, the editor of Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell.
    14 February 2010, 10:00 am
  • 14 minutes 38 seconds
    We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama- Harvard University Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Stephen Tuck, the author of We Ain't What We Ought To Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama.
    22 January 2010, 2:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 45 seconds
    To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death- Harvard University Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Suzanne E. Smith, the author of To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.
    17 November 2009, 2:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 26 seconds
    In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World- University of California Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Judith A. Carney about her new book, In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World.
    7 October 2009, 10:00 am
  • 24 minutes 8 seconds
    The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom- Harvard University Press
    Chris Gondek interviews Steven Hahn, the author of The Poltical Worlds of Slavery and Freedom.
    28 April 2009, 2:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 20 seconds
    Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution- Yale University Press
    An interview with Joyce Lee Malcolm, the author of Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution.
    9 February 2009, 1:00 pm
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