S4E23: The African American Elite - Pulitzer Prize Winner Tells History Not Often Told & Gives His Take On Kamala Harris's Defeat

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The African American elite - a history of America that we don't often hear about in our popular culture. With Ms. Kamala Harris's swift nomination and crushing defeat, in this interview my guest and I approach African American history from a different angle and with a fresh perspective - stories of their intellectual, organizational and business accomplishments in the 19th century (before and after the Civil War) and the 20th century (before the Civil Rights movement). These stories are told through Dr. Lewis's own family, who belonged to the "Talented Tenth", a term he describes in this interview.

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Dr. David Levering Lewis is a professor emeritus of history at NYU. He is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.

In this interview, we discuss his latest book, Stained Glass Window - A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958.

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