Between The Lines: Leah Wright Rigueur and Jelani Cobb Talk "The Loneliness of the Black Republican'

'Historian Leah Wright Rigueur explores the landscape of black conservatism through the prism of Ben Carson with Professor Jelani Cobb at the Schomburg Center.  Rigueur’s first book, The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power, covers more than four decades of American political and social history, and examines the ideas and actions of black Republican activists, officials and politicians-from the era of the New Deal to Ronald Reagan’s presidential ascent in 1980.' -- +Schomburg Center