House of Diggs with Marion Orr

Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. led a political career spanning from1951 to 1980. He was the only federal official to attend the trial of Emmett Till's killers, worked behind the scenes with Martin Luther King Jr., and founded the Congressional Black Caucus. Brown University's Prof. Marion Orr, author of a new biography of Diggs, House of Diggs, has just 15 minutes to convince you to learn more and buy his book. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can

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House of Diggs with Marion Orr is an episode from History Hack by Alex Churchill, Matt Bone.

This episode is 17:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2026.

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