Darlene Clark Hine discusses her book Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890-1950, a history of black women in the American nursing profession.
In the second segment [16:00], Franklin Knight discusses his book The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism.
At the time of this interview, Hine, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1986-87), was professor of history at Purdue University.
Knight, also a Fellow at the Center (1986-87), was professor of history at Johns Hopkins University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.