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Chris Lebron is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and author of The Making Of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea.
Kanye represents what happens when the liberties of artistic genius are confused for political insight.
The movie, unique for its Black star power, depends on a shocking devaluation of Black American men.
Prosecutors are corrupting the intent of lynching laws.
Black women go missing—from civil rights history and from our lives.
A response to Randall Kennedy's defense of respectability politics.
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