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Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners

Margaret Burnham’s By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022) excavates little-known accounts of violence

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, millions of fans worldwide celebrate the men and women who

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.” In early 1989, Friends by R&B singer Jody Watley—featuring hip-hop

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.” Haiti got a special place in our history,

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.” Dear Hip-Hop, It’s the summer of 1973. The