AHR Interview: Donna Murch Discusses Her Essay “Black Liberation and 1968”

The June issue of the AHR features a series of short essays commemorating the 50th anniversary of 1968. In this episode our guest is one of the contributors to this series, Donna Murch. Her piece is titled “Black Liberation and 1968.” She spoke about it with AHR editor Alex Lichtenstein. Murch is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University and author of the 2010 book Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California.

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AHR Interview presents brief discussions with historians whose work has appeared in the American Historical Review, the official publication of the American Historical Association. Sometimes the interview accompanies an article or a featured review in a current or recent issue; other times it will feature a scholar who has recently been in the news, but whose work appeared in the journal in the past. These accessible and user-friendly podcasts highlight historical scholarship of wide interest and enormous import for issues of the day.