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Written By: Kristal Brent Zook The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special issue...
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Coming from a multiracial background can leave some students feeling isolated Kristal Brent...
Entertainment Weekly's new special edition, A Celebration of Black Film, explores more than a...
THE THREE MOTHERS How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a...
On a Saturday night in early June, Shardé Davis, an assistant professor in the Department of...
Kristal Brent Zook is a professor of journalism at Hofstra University and the author of three...
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