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W.E.B. Du Bois
June 26, 2023
Magazine
Scott W. Stern
Where Does the South Begin?
A new history cuts against stereotypes, to show a region constantly changing—and whose future is up for grabs.
February 17, 2021
Magazine
Adolph Reed Jr.
The Retrograde Quest for Symbolic Prophets of Black Liberation
Moving beyond the Moses Complex
April 26, 2019
Joanna Scutts
The Art of Unruliness
Saidiya Hartman’s book evokes the longings of black women once labeled “wayward.”
January 12, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why Donald Trump Wants You to Ignore Russia and Worry About China
His emerging foreign policy would divide the planet along racial lines.
June 20, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Sonia Sotomayor just showed the value of having a “wise Latina” on the Supreme Court.
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection
December 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Lincoln in Hollywood, from Griffith to Spielberg
August 2, 2012
Jennifer Homans
The Universalist
November 19, 2008
Steven Hahn
The Discovery Of Pride
February 18, 1920
W.E.B. Du Bois
On Being Black
An excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois's 1920 book "Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil"
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