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Exposing the Primary Agents and Beneficiaries of Racism

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Ta-Nehisi Coates and members of his fan club must read

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Occasionally a book comes along at a timely historical moment.

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. I must confess from the outset that I never had

Modern debates over Confederate monuments are not merely concerned with culture, historical memory, or racism. For many monument defenders, there

Pauli Murray is a central figure of women’s activism. Her career spanned five decades and included work in the labor