# David Baldacci: ‘A Calamity of Souls’

In “A Calamity of Souls,” David Baldacci tackles the racial politics of a 1968 murder case in southern Virginia in which two very different lawyers partner together to defend a wrongfully accused Black Vietnam veteran. He discussed his book with Colleen Shogan at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 46 min
- By: Baldacci, David
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10178/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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