Talks
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JOHN BROWN’S BODY Historian David Reynolds discusses the life and legacy of abolitionist John Brown. In his book “John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights” (Knopf), Mr. Reynolds argues that Brown was a principled radical rather than an irrational crusader. Wednesday, 6 p.m., CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th Street, 212-817-8215, free.
