Left of Black | Celebrating "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination" with Robin D.G. Kelley

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Is the South as conservative as we think? Or has it always been ground zero for radical Black thinking and organizing of civil rights and labor rights movements? In this special episode of Left of Black, host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal sits with long-time friend and colleague, celebrated historian Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley to discuss the nature of the South in these tumultuous times and the 20th anniversary of one of Kelley's most memorable publications, "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination," published by Beacon Press.
Dr. Kelley is the Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. Learn more about him here: history.ucla.e...
You can get a copy of "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination" here: www.penguinran...
Left of Black is a web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.
Directed, shot and edited by Eric Barstow
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