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House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman,…

11/6/2025 • 55 min

At the height of the civil rights movement, Charles C. Diggs Jr. (1922–1998) was the consummate power broker. In a political career spanning 1951 to 1980, Diggs, Michigan’s first Black member of Congress, 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… Play episode

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Tamar Mitts, "Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Ext…
Elif Kalaycioglu, "The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, an…
Democratic Dialogues: Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and …
Garrett Hardin’s Tragic Environmentalism
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Michael Lazarus, "Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx" (Stanf…
Hindutva and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India
Taru Salmenkari, "Global Ideas, Local Adaptations: Chinese Activism and th…
Matthew D. Nelsen, "The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial…
Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier, "Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Tra…
Aileen Teague, "Policing on Drugs: The United States, Mexico, and the Orig…
Yong-Shik Lee, "Sustainable Peace in Northeast Asia" (Anthem Press, 2023)
José Marichal, "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the …
Massimo Modonesi, "The Antagonistic Principle: Marxism and Political Actio…
Elisabeth R. Anker, "Ugly Freedoms" (Duke UP, 2022)
David Stasavage, "The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from…
In Search of Green China: Ma Tianjie on Pan Yue and the CCP’s “Ecological …
Piotr Pietrzak, "Strengthening International Relations Through Transformat…
Gianna Englert, "Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Su…
Gustav Meibauer, "The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy: The Curious Persis…
Naomi R. Williams, "A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity: Class Politics and …
Kevin M. Schultz, "Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Libe…
Joshua Eisenman and David H. Shinn, "China's Relations with Africa: A New …
Tyler Jost, "Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalcula…
Xiaobo Lü, "Domination and Mobilization: The Rise and Fall of Political Pa…
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Emma Ashford, "First Among Equals: U. S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar Wo…
Madison Schramm, "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Raymond J. McKoski, "David Davis, Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Judge" (U Ill…
Luis L. Schenoni, "Bringing War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in…
Michael Rowe, "Researching Street-Level Bureaucracy: Bringing Out the Inte…
Sasha Davis, "Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections an…
Kolby Hanson, "Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Pe…
Nicholas Micinski, "Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation o…
Carol Atack, "Plato: A Civic Life" (Reaktion, 2025)
Timothy Williams, "Memory Politics After Mass Violence: Attributing Roles …
Gen Z Uprising: Youth, Protest and Political Change in Nepal
Nicholas Bromell, "The Time is Always Now: Black Political Thought and the…
Robert F. Carley, "Culture and Tactics: Gramsci, Race, and the Politics of…
Kenja McCray, "Essential Soldiers: Women Activists and Black Power Movemen…
Tim Weiner, "The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century" (Mariner Books, 202…
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