// Media Coverage //
// Radio and Television Reviews //
WATR (Connecticut), “Talk of the Town,” 3/24/2016
“Women’s Media Center Live w/ Robin Morgan,” interview, 3/18/2016
Sirius XM (National), “Michelangelo Signorile Show,” interview, 3/14/2016
WAMC (NPR: Northeast Public Radio), “Roundtable,” 3/14/2016
KCRW (NPR: Los Angeles), “Press Play,” 3/9/2016
C-SPAN (National), “Book TV,” Conversation with Nell Painter, 3/2/2016
NBC (National), “Weekend Today,” recommended in Black History Month segment, 1/31/2016
WUNC (NPR: Raleigh-Durham), “The State of Things”, 2/19/2016
New York 1, “The Book Reader”, reviewed by Patrik Henry Bass, 2/19/2016
UNC-TV, “North Carolina Bookwatch”, 2/23/2016
UNC-TV,” Black Issues Forum,” 2/23/2016
// Print and Online Reviews //
New York Times Book Review, review by Irin Carmon, 2/21/2016
New York Times Book Review, editors’ choice, 2/28/2016
Library Journal, Barbara’s nonfiction picks, 8/31/2015
Kirkus Reviews, starred review, 11/15/2015
Publishers Weekly, starred review, 12/7/2015
Publishers Weekly, History Top 10, 1/21/2016
Library Journal, review, 1/1/2016
Time Magazine, review, 1/15/2016 issue
Star News (Wilmington, NC), featured in blog post, 1/25/2016
Eagle Bulletin (New York), recommended in ‘Book Beat,’ 1/27/2016
Booklist, starred review, 2/1/2016
New York Times, ‘Your Daily Briefing,’ mention, 2/2/2016
Boston Globe, review by Kate Tuttle, 2/2/2016
Shelf Awareness, review, 2/2/2016
Christian Science Monitor, review, 2/4/2016
Kirkus Reviews, ‘9 can’t miss book club picks,’ 2/4/2016
Reposted on The Huffington Post
Kirkus Reviews, feature, 2/5/2016
San Francisco Chronicle, review, 2/7/2016
American Scholar, excerpt, 2/8/2016
Signature Reads by Scott Porch, 2/1/20162
Everyday Ebook, 13 New History Books and Why You Should Read Them, 2/12/2016
San Francisco Chronicle, recommended reads, 2/14/2016
Raleigh News-Observer, review, 2/28/2015
Essence Magazine, ‘Top Picks of the Month,’ March issue
Wall Street Journal, review, 2/19/2016
Everyday Ebook, 5 books to celebrate African-American history month, 2/19/2016
Duke Today, covered author’s campus visit, 2/25/2016
The Durham Herald-Sun, feature by Dawn Vaughan, 2/28/2016
Legal History blog, brief review, February, 29, 2016.
Boston Review, review, March/April 2016 issue
Miami New Times, review, 3/2/2016
San Francisco Chronicle, recommended by Kepler’s, 3/3/2016
JStor Daily, review by Amy Shearn, 3/4/2016
Mental Floss, February/March 2016 issue
Essence Magazine, ‘Top Picks of the Month,’ March 2016 issue
USA Today, review by Gene Seymour, 3/5/2016
New Pittsburgh Cover Online, review, March 9, 2016
Washington Post, review, 3/13/2016
The New Yorker, Briefly Noted review, 4/6/2016
Equality (Human Rights Campaign’s quarterly magazine), short review, Spring 2016 issue
Washington Blade, feature, 4/9/2016
Deborah Kalb book blog, interview, 4/18/2016
Newsweek, mention in article on Yale decision, 4/28/2016
Winston-Salem Journal, featured in op-ed on Yale decision, 5/2/2016
Washington Blade, interview on Yale decision, 5/6/2016
Washington Post, named to summer 2016 reading list, June 9, 2016
Schlesinger Library Newsletter, short feature, Spring 2016
Post and Courier [Charleston, South Carolina], review, Jun 19 2016
The Boston Globe, named in “Quintessential Summer Reading Guide.” June 22, 2016
New York Journal of Books, review, July 20, 2016
Critics At Large, review, July 29, 2016
Emissourian.com, review, 9/5/2016
National Trust for Historical Preservation Leadership Forum Blog, review, September, 2016
The Biographer’s Craft, interview, October 2016
Washington Post, named in Notable Nonfiction Books in 2016
Kirkus Reviews, named to Best Nonfiction Books (Biographies category) of 2016
The Booklist Reader, interview, December 19, 2016