Episode 25 | David A. Varel on the Legacy of Black Scholar Lawrence Reddick

There are many Black scholars whose work in the academy is not well known yet provided the intellectual support and underpinning necessary for deep archival research.

Lawrence Reddick was one such man, having been the second curator of the Schomburg Collection at the New York Public Library, among other accomplishments. Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Dr. David A. Varel, author of The Scholar and the Struggle: Lawrence Reddick’s Crusade for Black History and Black Power, published by the University of North Carolina Press.