Gavin Wright on the Civil Rights Revolution through the eyes of an economic historian

Gavin Wright, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History, emeritus, at Stanford University, discusses his work on the economics of slavery, Black mobility patterns after the Civil War, and his thoughts on the current state of Black economies in the American South. Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/039-TWGO-Wright_transcript.pdf For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/gavin-wright-2025