Gabfest Reads | The Radical Fund That Rewired American Progress

<p>Emily Bazelon talks with Yale law professor John Witt about his new book <a href="amazon.com/dp/1476765871/?tag=slatmaga-20"… Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America</em></a><em>.</em> They explore the remarkable story of the Garland Fund—a small 1920s foundation that bankrolled early work by A. Philip Randolph, and others who would go on to shape the civil rights and labor movements.</p><p><br></p><p>Witt traces how the fund connected race and class politics, supported the intellectual groundwork for <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em>, and anticipated today’s challenges around misinformation, inequality, and political disconnection. He and Bazelon also discuss what lessons progressives might take from this forgotten story of organizing during political exile.</p><p><br></p><p>Tweet us your questions <a href="twitter.com/slategabfest?lang=en"><…; or email us at <a href="mailto:gabfest@slate.com"><u>gabfest@slate.com</u></a>. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)</p><p>Podcast production by Nina Porzucki.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p>Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our <a href="slate.com/podcastfaqs#plusbenefits"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy<…; for more information.</p>