Liane speaks with historian Nick Salvatore sal-vuh-TORR-ee) about his new book, "We All Got History: the Memory Books of mos Webber." (Times Books) While doing some research, Salvatore discovered some otebooks in a library vault. They were the diaries of Amos Webber, a black anitor, who chronicled his life from 1854 to 1904. What emerged was a detailed ortrait of life for African Americans in the difficult decades following the ivil War.
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