The media love Prof. Ransby’s new book

Professor Barbara Ransby's new book, Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, has been getting a lot of media attention.  Most recently, Professor Ransby appeared on Democracy Now! and, this Saturday, February 16, she will appear on MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" program.  Professor Ransby's first book, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision, won more than eight major awards.