Martha Sandweiss: "Passing Strange" (Penguin) (Rebroadcast)

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Martha Sandweiss: "Passing Strange" (Penguin) (Rebroadcast)

Clarence King was a famed explorer, scientist, and hero of late nineteenth century history. But the blue-eyed and fair-skinned King also led a secret double life passing as a black man. A historian examines the secret King only revealed...

Clarence King was a famed explorer, scientist, and hero of late nineteenth century history. But the blue-eyed and fair-skinned King also led a secret double life passing as a black man. A historian examines the secret King only revealed on his deathbed to his black wife of thirteen years.

Guests

Martha Sandweiss

professor of history at Princeton University

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