Frances N. Beckles's guest appearances

Frances N. Beckles

Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

Barack Obama

Nancy Pelosi

Chris Hayes

Kate Black

Colson Whitehead

Michael Pollan

Chris Mason

Cory Booker

Ben Carson

Amy Stewart

Danielle Evans

Justin Martin

Anthony Ray Hinton

Wes Moore

Neal Barnard

OwlTail

This historic novel is a compelling story about the complex and courageous lives of three young African American women who leave behind the racism and oppression of the South for a new life in Harlem. They work long hours at dangerous jobs in war plants and encounter war time espionage, death and betrayal.Frances Beckles, editor, journalist, and retired college professor, grew up in Harlem. Hop the A Train is based on her family's vivid accounts of how their lives were indelibly changed by the events of World War II. Beckles is the author of Twenty Black Women: Profiles of African American Maryland Women.Recorded On: Tuesday, December 7, 2010

This historic novel is a compelling story about the complex and courageous lives of three young African American women who leave behind the racism and oppression of the South for a new life in Harlem. They work long hours at dangerous jobs in war plants and encounter war time espionage, death and betrayal.Frances Beckles, editor, journalist, and retired college professor, grew up in Harlem. Hop the A Train is based on her family's vivid accounts of how their lives were indelibly changed by the events of World War II. Beckles is the author of Twenty Black Women: Profiles of African American Maryland Women.Recorded On: Tuesday, December 7, 2010