When producer began researching for the radio series, Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was, she found very little African-American radio drama from the 1940s. What little she found reinforced negative stereotypes.
A colleague eventually suggested she look into , a series of weekly broadcasts created by journalist and activist Richard Durham that featured African-American leaders and heroes of the day.
Williams became enthralled with Durham鈥檚 life and work and eventually wrote a biography of Durham, "" (University of Illinois Press/2015).
Host Frank Stasio talks with Williams about Durham鈥檚 life and career.
She reads at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on , The Regulator in Durham on and at the Forum for Scholars and Publics at Duke University on .
