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Richard Wright
April 19, 2021
Colin Asher
When Richard Wright Broke With the Communists
His posthumously released novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was written during a crisis of political faith.
September 11, 2020
Artel Great
Black Cinema Matters
Black films have championed Black lives for over 100 years—while white America studiously ignored them.
May 26, 2015
Benjamin Anastas
Teaching the Controversy
James Baldwin and Richard Wright in the Ferguson Era
July 13, 2011
John McWhorter
Were There Really Fewer Two-Parent Black Families During Slavery Than There Are Today?
July 13, 2011
John McWhorter
A Semi-Defense of the Infamous Slavery Passage in the ‘Marriage Vow’ Pledge

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