"Thurgood Marshall's African Journey: An Interview With Mary Dudziak" (Segments 1 and 4) [video 33 min 49 sec and 13 min 9 sec]

Historian Carl Bon Tempo of the University at Albany, SUNY interviewed Mary L. Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science at the University of Southern California Law School about her research on Thurgood Marshall’s work with Kenya nationalists in the 1960s. Her work on Marshall was published last year as Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey (Oxford University Press, 2008). Dudziak's interview was conducted at the Univ. at Albany's History and Media Sound Studio for Talking History on Friday, April 24, 2009. She also delivered the annual Phi Alpha Theta lecture at the University at Albany later that day, speaking about "Finding the World in Civil Rights History." Dudziak's other research focuses on international approaches to American legal history and the impact of foreign affairs on civil rights policy during the Cold War. Her next book project will look broadly at the impact of war on American law and politics during the 20th century.