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Courageous Art: Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt on An Inconvenient Woman
Season 1
Episode 372
Published 1 day, 7 hours ago
Description
Lillian Smith was a best-selling author whose courageous decision to stand for civil rights in the Jim Crow south led to her erasure from discussions about influential leaders of the movement. Join me as I sit down with historian Keri Leigh Merritt whose insightful biography seeks to pull Smith from the shadows and highlight the ways Smith challenged societal norms and contributed to the early fights against racism.
To learn more about Dr. Merritt, visit her website: https://kerileighmerritt.com/
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