And I was just absolutely struck with the way in which he presented his case to the black community, condemning them for being not more engaged in the social destiny of black people.
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Susan Rice Added to Netflix Board of Directors | SFGate
CEO Reed Hastings says streaming service will benefit from former Obama administration official’s “experience and wisdom”
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The Soul of W. E. B. Du Bois | The Paris Review
It is difficult to comprehend how daring it was for W. E. B. Du Bois to publish the most acclaimed book of his career in the face of this avalanche of beastly labels rushing down onto the Negro.
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Three Black books to read in early 2018 | New York Amsterdam News
There is an array of books by Black authors who share stories and the artistic and intellectual prowess of bright, accomplished African-American individuals.
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James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil | The New Yorker
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic
Coates says he is “mystified as anybody else” over West’s critique.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Deletes Twitter Account Amid Feud With Cornel West | The New York Times
Twitter feuds claimed another high-profile casualty on Tuesday when the writer Ta-Nehisi Coates deleted his account after sparring with the Harvard professor Cornel West.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle | Cornel West | The Guardian
The disagreement between Coates and me is clear: his view of black America is narrow and dangerously misleading.
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