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by Dexter Gabriel onJanuary 13, 2013
On Colorlines, Dexter Gabriel argues that works like Django and Roots are more about how contemporary culture sees itself, rather than history.
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by Brett Johnson onDecember 27, 2012
From Roots to Django Unchained, here are the best and worst attempts at depicting our shackled past.
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by Jelani Cobb onFebruary 13, 2009
Presidents Day was once a rude interruption to Black History Month, a reminder of whose terms we were on. This Presidents Day I find myself celebrating.
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by Kai Wright onJanuary 8, 2009
It's easy to criticize "nutty" progressives for questioning Obama's choices. But Lincoln could never have become the Great Emancipator without dissenters forcing his hand.
