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Tag Archives: Clarence Thomas
Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom Redux
In “Many Thousands Gone,” one of James Baldwin’s essays in Notes of a Native Son, Baldwin writes about white America’s favorite aunt and uncle, Jemima and Tom: “There was no one more forbearing than Aunt Jemima, no one stronger or … Continue reading
Derrick Albert Bell Jr. — The Godfather of Critical Race Theory
Derrick Albert Bell Jr. should be as well-known as Thurgood Marshall. He was a lawyer, civil rights activist, and professor. In 1971, he became the first tenured Black professor of Law at Harvard Law School. From his reputation alone, Professor … Continue reading
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