Sep 15, 2008 (News & Notes ) — Yale law professor Stephen Carter sets his novels in the world of wealthy and well-educated black Americans. His third novel, Palace Council, is both historical and contemporary. Carter chronicles the pivotal struggles over race and politics in the 1960s.
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Stephen Carter Offers Political 'Palace' Thriller
Sep 15, 2008 (News & Notes ) — Yale law professor Stephen Carter sets his novels in the world of wealthy and well-educated black Americans. His third novel, Palace Council, is both historical and contemporary. Carter chronicles the pivotal struggles over race and politics in the 1960s.Yale University law professor Stephen Carter is a multi-talented man — both an educator and a novelist.
His novels are set in the world of wealthy and well-educated black Americans.
Carter's third novel, Palace Council, is historical and contemporary. He chronicles the pivotal struggles over race and politics in the 1960s, which transformed America.
Carter speaks with Farai Chideya.
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