NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ethelene Whitmire about her book, "The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram," about a queer American Black man who went to Europe as World War II began, and stayed.
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'The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram' is the story of queer Black scholar finding love in WWII Europe
Corrected: January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM CST
A previous version of this headline misspelled Reed Peggram's last name as Pegram.
