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Books by the River

Edda Fields-Black

Explore the inspiration and passion that it takes to create a Southern story. Host Holly Jackson engages with Southern Authors through in-depth interview as they tell humorous and heartwarming stories, share their love of reading, and offer advice for aspiring writers. This season, take a deeper look into what it takes to write Southern stories.

Edda Fields-Black

Season 2 Episode 205 | 26m 40s | CC

Holly Jackson sits with Pulitzer prize-winning historian and author Edda Fields-Black, Ph.D. to discuss her book Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War. Dr. Fields-Black explores the lives, resistance and community that shaped the region and offers a powerful reexamination of the legacy of slavery, land ownership and cultural survival in the South.

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