#1734: Anita Hill "Believing" | The Book Show

October 12, 2021 00:27:46
#1734: Anita Hill "Believing" | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1734: Anita Hill "Believing" | The Book Show

Oct 12 2021 | 00:27:46

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Show Notes

This week on The Book Show: Thirty years ago, Anita Hill faced down an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee, led by then-Senator Joe Biden, to testify that her boss, Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas, had sexually harassed her. Her new book is: “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.”

Photo courtesy of Viking.

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