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Black radical: William Monroe Trotter

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Historian Kerri K Greenidge discusses her book Black Radical, which explores the life and career of the pioneering black newspaperman William Monroe Trotter, and which has recently been shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:52.3

I'm Matt Elton. Today's podcast guest is the historian Kerry Greenidge, author of Black Radical,

1:01.5

The Life and Times of William Munro Trotter, one of the books shortlisted for this year's

1:06.1

Kundle Prize, of which History Extra is a media partner. I caught up with Kerry to find out more about her biography

1:12.4

of the pioneering black newspaperman.

1:15.2

I have to confess that I hadn't heard

1:17.4

of the subject of your new book

1:18.8

before I started reading it.

1:20.9

Is that a common thing?

1:22.1

Is he well known in America but not over here?

1:25.3

That's actually an excellent question.

1:26.9

I found that he's not very well known,

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