An Unseen Light: A New Book on the Black Freedom Struggle in Memphis
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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The Lost Black Scholar: A New Book on the Pioneering Anthropologist Allison Davis
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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“Middle Class” is a White Racial Construct
Over the past year a flurry of studies and op-eds highlighting diminished opportunities for economic advancement among people of color
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Free the Beaches: A New Book on the Fight for Racial Equality in Connecticut
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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“Why Aren’t Black People More Optimistic?”
In a 1968 interview, television personality Dick Cavett asked James Baldwin, renowned author-activist, what many white Americans at that time
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