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To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...
Did you ever notice how the weather sneaks into our everyday conversations—and even our history? U.S. Presidents, standing at ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 by Leuchtenburg, William Edward, 1922-Publication date 1963 Topics Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, New Deal, 1933-1939, Hommes ...
As we lead up to the celebration of our nation’s 249th birthday, join me in pondering a few of our great inventors or discoverers – individuals whose genius and dedication ...
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Great Black Hope centers around Smith, a young Black gay man from an elite family in Atlanta living an upwardly mobile life in New York. But when his friend Elle dies mysteriously and Smith is ...
“Great Black Hope,” a promising debut novel by Rob Franklin, opens with its leading man being arrested for cocaine possession. It’s Labor Day weekend in the Hamptons, and Smith wears, “in ...
In "Great Black Hope," a young, gay, Black man is reeling even before his socialite roommate is found dead. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rob Franklin about race, class, addiction, and his debut novel.
RASCOE: That's Rob Franklin, reading about Smith's arrest for cocaine possession from his debut novel, "Great Black Hope." It's a study of a young Black, queer, privileged man who's floated through ...