EPISODE · Oct 22, 2019 · 1H 17M
S3 Ep. 72: Our Madison: "I wish I never would have raised my kids here," With Dr. Richard Harris.
from Black Like Me
This is the first episode in Dr. Alex Gee's "Our Madison" series, looking at the history of Madison, WI from the perspective of different generations born in the city. First, Dr. Richard Harris shares stories from his book Growing Up Black in South Madison: Economic Disenfranchisement of Black Madison. Dr. Harris was born in 1937 in Madison, Wisconsin, grew up in South Madison and attended the Madison public schools. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BS in 1961, the University of Illinois-Chicago with a MSW in 1964 and later received his Ph. D. in Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. alexgee.com patreon.com/blacklikeme
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S3 Ep. 72: Our Madison: "I wish I never would have raised my kids here," With Dr. Richard Harris.
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