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Film, Video Isabel Wilkerson: National Book Festival

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Title

  • Isabel Wilkerson: National Book Festival

Summary

  • Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" (Random House), discusses the timeliness of her work, the historical foundations for her argument about caste in American society and the power of narrative nonfiction, with broadcaster, essayist and critic Bilal Qureshi. Bonus content: Historian Ryan Reft explores the language used in NAACP and Supreme Court Papers found in the Library's Manuscript Division to understand the implementation of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Event Date

  • September 17, 2021

Running Time

  • 39 minutes 49 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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