Before the Movement with Dr. Dylan Penningroth
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
12/30/23
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Joining me this week is Professor of Law and History, Dr. Dylan Penningroth. He recently wrote a book, Before the Movement, which traces how Black Americans used the legal system throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to practice their civil rights.
To learn more about Dr. Penningroth and his scholarship, please head over to the website, www.civicsandcoffee.com
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