CSPAN2 Book TV May 14, 2011
i also sought a ph.d. in history from duke university, and prior to that, i got an undergraduate degree in history. where did you grow up and where did your parents do? >> i grew up in a small town in south carolina, greenwood. my parents, like eminently matthew's parents, my father was once a sharecropper. he later on worked in a factory. both of my parents attended segregated schools in south carolina. my mom later, actually when i was in law school, went to college and became a teacher, which is something she does not. >> we have been talking with tomiko brown-nagin, author of thi...