She eventually decided to become a public school teacher so she could influence a new generation of Americans.
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Many Black audiences are justifiably weary of works about their community told from white perspectives. But authorship isn’t always black and white.
In current demonstrations, there are echos of a civil rights era catchphrase: People are ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired.’
When African Americans press ‘record’ to film police brutality, they are challenging a nation not to look away.
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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Public Affairs
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Professor of African American Studies and Performing Arts, Co-Founder/Director Racial Justice Institute, Georgetown University
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Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of Kentucky
