A Complicated Portrait: A New Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Falls Short
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Jonathan Eig's new take on King digs into the man's private life, but not so much the external factors that shaped King's life or led to his death.
Mark Christian
Mark Christian, Ph.D., is a professor in the City University of New York. He is a prolific writer in the fields of Africana studies and Sociology.
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Recovering a Civil Rights Intellectual from Obscurity: A Vital Biography of L. D. Reddick
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This absorbing portrayal of a neglected yet noteworthy African American historian-activist poignantly speaks to the past and present of the African American experience.
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The Fallacy of Lost Status: Heather McGhee Examines Racism’s Universal Harm
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In The Sum of Us, McGhee offers a compassionate study of racism's damaging effects on all of society—including white America.