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The Enduring Controversies of the N-Word

June 30, 2017July 3, 2017 Tyler Parry digital media, language, race, racism

Hearing the N-word uttered in popular media is rather familiar in the United States. A version of the word is

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Measuring Racial Progress, Past and Present

June 1, 2017June 3, 2017 Greg Laski democracy, W.E.B. Du Bois

If the November 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency provided an occasion to measure the distance the United

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A Reverence for Hope: On Struggle, Faith, and Persistence

May 24, 2017May 30, 2017 Russell Rickford Racial Violence, violence

“Poetry is not a luxury.” — Audre Lorde America horrifies me. Its savagery and vulgarity. Its appetite for racial terror.

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How Public Artists Are Exploring the History of Segregation in Baltimore

May 16, 2017May 19, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis art, Baltimore, Jim Crow

How should America publicly acknowledge its history of legal segregation? For many people, the intricate system that required whites and blacks

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The Soul Food Scholar: An Interview with Adrian E. Miller

May 12, 2017May 15, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt food, presidents

This month I interviewed Adrian E. Miller about his work on soul food, culinary history, and the African American cooks

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