Host Will Rose speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Marcia Chatelain about her latest book, How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington, published by Pantheon. Through the lives of Black women whose contributions helped shape the civil rights movement, Chatelain offers a fuller understanding of the work, relationships, and personal sacrifices behind one of the most celebrated events in American history.
The conversation explores Anna Hedgeman’s insistence that women receive recognition at the march, Rosa Parks’s financial struggles, and the everyday forms of courage that often escape public attention. Chatelain also shares her approach to research and storytelling, discussing how she brought these women’s complicated lives to the page.
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- For more information about Marcia Chatelain you can visit:https://www.marciachatelain.com/home-1
Originally aired on October 11, 2026
