There are three very different kinds of liberty. When people talk about religious liberty, what kind of liberty they might mean?
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Articles on Jim Crow
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When war broke out, Black Americans fought in segregated units to serve their country. The breath of freedom they experienced in Europe flamed the fight for equality when they returned home.
How far we’ve really come since two very different individuals took a stand against racism 60 years ago.
How white Republicans and white Democrats feel about Muslims is influencing their candidate choice as well as willingness to vote in the 2016 election.
On the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s promise to “end welfare as we know it,” a social work scholar asks why child poverty is still such a problem in the U.S. and what race has to do with it.
Much has been written about Robinson’s first major league game. Far less is known about the first integrated spring training game in Florida.
In 1946, a horrific beating left a Black World War II vet blind. His determined fight for justice would earn the support of Orson Welles, Woody Guthrie – and even the president.
Martin Luther King’s legacy must be contextualised within a larger global struggle against racism and hatred. Africans should revisit the values he espoused and continue with the anti-racism crusade.
What message does it send when we remove symbols of an unsavory – but important – part of American history?
Do academics need to change the way they teach race? What is the impact of students having been socialized to believe that “race doesn’t matter”?
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
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Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Norwich University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Birmingham-Southern College
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Social Work; McSilver Faculty Fellow, New York University
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Paul and Charlene Jones Chair in Law, University of Alabama
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor of Political Science, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Childhood & Youth Studies, The Open University
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Professor and Chair of History, Vassar College
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
