My guest, Kate Clifford Larson, is my first scholar!

Dr. Kate Clifford Larson is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three critically acclaimed biographies including Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. A specialist in 19th and 20th century U.S. Women’s and African American History, Larson has consulted on feature film scripts – most recently Focus Features’ Harriet starring Cynthia Erivo - documentaries, museum exhibits, animation and augmented reality productions, public history initiatives, curriculum materials, tour and audio maps and guides, and numerous print and digital publications. Her award-winning consulting work includes Maryland’s Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Historical Park, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All-American Road, and the Harriet Tubman Home and National Park in Auburn, NY.

Dr. Larson is currently writing a biography of Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer entitled Walk With Me, due out from Oxford University Press in September 2021.

Her website: http://katecliffordlarson.com/index.html

I mention Girl Trek and reference the Vanessa Garrison episode (#23)...if you haven't heard that you need to and then join Girl Trek! https://www.girltrek.org/

Roots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)

Which means I was 8 years old!!!

Places to watch Harriet: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/harriet

Places to watch On the Basis of Sex: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/on-the-basis-of-sex

Books we mentioned (and all of Kate's books)

Roots: https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780306824852

Diary of a Midwife: https://bookshop.org/books/a-midwife-s-tale-the-life-of-martha-ballard-based-on-her-diary-1785-1812/9780679733768

Kate's books including the Fannie Lou Hamer preorder: https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=kate+clifford+larson
Preorder the companion book about Fannie Lou Kate mentions that her friend Keisha Blain has coming out:https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780807061503

Diary of Anne Frank: https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780881035414

400 Souls: https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780593134047

In the Heart of the Sea: https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780141001821

Alias Grace: https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780385490443

Ruth Bader Ginsberg biography: https://bookshop.org/books/ruth-bader-ginsburg-a-life/9781984897831

Again I rave about Sapiens and Jesmyn Ward: https://bookshop.org/a/8901/9780062316110
https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=jesmyn+ward

Plenty of pics and videos of Kate on the interwebs and her website but look at this cool one of Kate with the star of Harriet Cynthia Erivo
at the premier of the movie: