In this episode, Mark is diving into the life of WEB DuBois with the author of the new book, The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War, Chad Williams.

Chad Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. Chad earned a BA with honors in History and African American Studies from UCLA, and received both his MA and Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. He specializes in African American and modern United States History, African American military history, the World War I era and African American intellectual history. 

His first book, Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era, was published in 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. 

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In this episode, Mark is talking with Dr. Tara T. Green about respectable life of Alice Dunbar Nelson.

Dr. Tara T. Green is CLASS Distinguished Professor and Chair of African American Studies at the University of Houston. She is the author and editor of six books. She has most recently published Love, Activism and The Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (Bloomsbury), which was named a Prose Award Finalist in the Biography/Autobiography Category by the Association of American Publishers. And, See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era (Rutgers UP). She will be reading an excerpt from See Me Naked.

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Today, Mark and Dr. Sekou Franklin discuss Tennessee's recent political spotlight after the General Assembly voted to expel three of its members, who were leading a protest against gun control laws after a mass shooting in Nashville. 

This episode highlights the rarity of expulsion and the possible racism involved in the expulsion of two black representatives, while a white representative was not expelled. Dr. Franklin also points out that political activity by conservative legislatures in the states is a battleground for maintaining or rolling back civil rights, labor rights, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, and all gains made toward democracy. 

Dr. Sekou Franklin, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University. He talks about the drivers of polarization, tactics used by black lawmakers facing conservative super majorities, and the importance of engaging in state and local politics.

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