About this episode

Marion Orr discusses his biography of Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr., highlighting his significant contributions to civil rights and politics.

Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. led a political career spanning from1951 to 1980. He was the only federal official to attend the trial of Emmett Till's killers, worked behind the scenes with Martin Luther King Jr., and founded the Congressional Black Caucus. Brown University's Prof. Marion Orr, author of a new biography of Diggs, House of Diggs, has just 15 minutes to convince you to learn more and buy his book. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Buy House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr at the links below: UK Link: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/House-of-Diggs-by-Marion-Orr/9781469689326 US Link: https://uncpress.org/9781469689326/house-of-diggs/ Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below: (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub (US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Churchill, Matt Bone

Guest: Marion Orr

Topics covered

• politics
• biography
• civil rights
• history
• African American history

Keywords

• Charles C. Diggs Jr.
• Marion Orr
• biography
• civil rights
• Congressional Black Caucus
• political history
• Emmett Till

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congressional Black Caucus, Brown University, Patreon

Books & works: House of Diggs, House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr

Places: UK, US

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