Chude Pam Allen & Steven Hiatt on Reluctant Reformers: Racism & Social Reform Movements in the US

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(10/19/21) Chude Pam Allen and Robert Allen’s new book Reluctant Reformers: Racism and Social Reform Movements in the United States, an updated edition of the latter’s iconic 1974 title, explores the racism that drove the US political system from the early 19th century to the end of World War II. In addition to a forward by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, this new printing includes a postscript describing the Black freedom movement of the 1960s and the central role it has played in the development of today’s radical social justice movements. Join us for a conversation with Chude Pam Allen and the book’s editor Steven Hiatt in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.