EP 521: Dr. Roger Newman On His Black Uncle's Experiences in the Jim Crow South & U.S. Army

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Recorded18 Feb 2025

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As a nod to this being Black History Month and also as a form of pushback against the current dismantling of meritocracy in the U.S. Military by the Trump administration, I invited Dr. Roger Newman to talk about his latest novel Boys, a work of historical fiction based on what he learned about his Black Uncle Alex growing up in the Jim Crow South and facing systemic racism while serving in Army during World War II and beyond.

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