Broad Sympathies in a Narrow World: A New Book on the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
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 Wall of Respect: A New Book on Public Art and Black Liberation
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Motherhood and the Limits of Empathy
Although it has been months since the controversy over Dana Schutz’s painting, “Open Casket,” which depicted Emmett Till’s mutilated face
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How Public Artists Are Exploring the History of Segregation in Baltimore
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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Another Look Into Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket”
Recently, I visited the Whitney Museum’s Biennial at its new location in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. I was there
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