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Dean Robb: An Unlikely Radical

Dean and Matt Robb in the studio at IPR Tuesday.
Dean and Matt Robb in the studio at IPR Tuesday.

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/Dean_MattRobb.mp3

By Linda Stephan

Dean Robb is a nice guy, and "An Unlikely Radical."

He grew up in a one-room school house town, a farming boy and the son of a rock-ribbed republican.

But he fought fearlessly for the rights of others through the height of McCarthyism and the push for civil rights.

His son Matt tells the story in a new biography. The pair will be signing copies of the new self-published book, "An Unlikely Radical," Thursday, December 23 6:00-8:00 pm at Horizon Books in Traverse City.

Play the audio above to hear their chat with IPR's Linda Stephan, along with a reading from the book by Matt.

Dean Robb talked about his work pushing Civil Rights on Points North last year. The audio is here.