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Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead
This new biopic about the socialist organizer Bayard Rustin stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out?
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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The Nation
on
December 12, 2023
The Uses of Affirmative Action
The right denounced it as “reverse racism,” while the liberal center hailed it as the endpoint of egalitarianism. But it has never been either.
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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The Nation
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August 9, 2023
*The South*: The Past, Historicity, and Black American History (Part II)
Exploring recent debates about the uses–and utility–of Black history in both the academic and public spheres.
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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U.S. Intellectual History Blog
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April 10, 2023
Bayard Rustin: The Panthers Couldn’t Save Us Then Either
Rustin’s assessment of the lay of the political land was predicated on a no-nonsense understanding of the radicalism of the moment.
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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Nonsite
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January 8, 2023
Black Capitalism in One City
Soul City was a boondoggle—not a story of lost or forgotten roads tragically not taken.
by
Adolph Reed Jr.
via
Dissent
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May 25, 2022
No Quick Fixes: Working Class Politics From Jim Crow to the Present
Political scientist Adolph Reed Jr. discusses his new memoir.
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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Jon Queally
via
Common Dreams
on
February 1, 2022
The Surprising Cross-Racial Saga of Modern Wealth Inequality
Why the “racial wealth gap” fails to explain economic inequality in black and white America.
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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The New Republic
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June 29, 2020
The Trouble With Uplift
A curiously inflexible brand of race-first neoliberalism has taken root in American political discourse.
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Adolph Reed Jr.
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The Baffler
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September 4, 2018