House of Diggs with Marion Orr

Episode 11 of the The 15 Minute Book Club podcast, hosted by Alex Churchill, Matt Bone, titled "House of Diggs with Marion Orr" was published on February 4, 2026 and runs 17 minutes.

February 4, 2026 ·17m · The 15 Minute Book Club

Summary

Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. led a political career spanning from1951 to 1980. He 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 Black Caucus. Brown University's Prof. Marion Orr, author of a new biography of Diggs, House of Diggs, has just 15 minutes to convince you to learn more and buy his book.Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClubBuy House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr at the links below:UK Link: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/House-of-Diggs-by-Marion-Orr/9781469689326US Link: https://uncpress.org/9781469689326/house-of-diggs/Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClubPatreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClubWatch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_ClubBuy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!UK Link: US Link: Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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