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This 1976 WBAI broadcast recording is a conversation shared between Charles Ruas and Ishmael Reed, following the publication of the activist's novel, Flight to Canada. The two discuss the historical non-fiction book and its references to contemporary society, particularly how it relates to governmental policies on race and the culture of the American South. True to his character, Reed candidly critiques Harriet Beecher Stowe and Abraham Lincoln.