Marion Orr
Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Brown University
Marion Orr is a political scientist and the inaugural Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy at Brown University. An award-winning author, his work includes Black Social Capital: The Politics of School Reform in Baltimore. He was awarded the Biographers International Organization’s Francis “Frank” Rollin Fellowship for his work on Congressman Diggs.
House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
Vividly written and deeply researched, The House of Diggs is the first biography of Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr., perhaps the most consequential Black federal legislator to ever serve in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Diggs was a legislative lion whose unfortunate downfall at the end of a distinguished career helped to push him and his historic accomplishments out of sight. Now, for the first time, The House of Diggs gives Diggs his much-deserved place in the history of American politics.