
By Her Own Design with Piper Huguley
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
02/17/24
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Join me this week as I speak with Professor of Literature and historical novelist Piper Hugely as we discuss her book By Her Own Design.
The novel tells a fictionalized account of the black fashion designer Ann Lowe and is an engaging, thought provoking look at the life of black women in Jim Crow United States.
To learn more about Piper, please visit her website at www.piperhuguley.com
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