The University of Chicago, Urban Renewal, and the Black Community
“It is not possible to operate and maintain a great university in a deteriorating or slum neighborhood,” proclaimed University of
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white supremacy
The “Families’ Cause” in the Post-Civil War Era
“In spite of all that may be said of the new South and its willingness to set the issues of
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On the Mythologizing of United States History
On January 18th of this year, the same day the nation celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the outgoing Trump
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The Roots of Racial and Spatial Inequality
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ The cover of Businessweek’s February 13, 2013 issue
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On the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde The spectacle of a dying
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