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Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, with Kerri Greenidge (episode 183)
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, with Kerri Greenidge (episode 183)
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103 minutes
Released:
May 3, 2020
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From his Harvard graduation in 1895 to his death in 1934, William Monroe Trotter was one of the most influential and uncompromising advocates for the rights of Black Americans. He was a leader who had the vision to co-found groups like the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, but he also had an ego that prevented him from working effectively within the movements he started. He was a critic of Booker T Washington, and an early ally of Marcus Garvey. Monroe Trotter was the publisher of the influential Black newspaper the Boston Guardian, and he is the subject of a new biography by Tufts Professor Kerri Greenidge called Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter.
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Or support us on http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
May 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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