3 books about the African-American experience
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We asked Nekima Levy-Pounds, one of our guests on Wednesday's program about the March on Washington, to recommend three books about the African-American experience. Here are her picks:
"The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois
"Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63" by Taylor Branch
"The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson
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