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May 16, 2021

REVIEW: Looking Back on America's First Civil Rights Movement

May 16, 2021/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Looking Back on America's First Civil Rights Movement

Today’s Civil Rights Advocacy is Part of a Mighty Stream Flowing from the Earliest Days of the Republic

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May 16, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Reconstruction
March 13, 2021

APPRECIATION: 'The Color of Law' Makes a Compelling Case for Reparations

March 13, 2021/ Adam Cohen
APPRECIATION: 'The Color of Law' Makes a Compelling Case for Reparations

The Pandemic is the Perfect Time to Contemplate Rothstein’s Insights Into Our Tortured Racial History

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March 13, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Appreciation
Civil Rights, Reparations, Race
July 27, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: Justice in the Jim Crow South, a Poet's Tragic Memoir, and More

July 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Justice in the Jim Crow South, a Poet's Tragic Memoir, and More

And Untold Stories From a Louisiana Home for Lepers

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July 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil Rights, Supreme Court, 19th Century Japan
May 14, 2020

REVIEW: Who Won the Civil War? Two New Books Argue that the South Did

May 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Who Won the Civil War? Two New Books Argue that the South Did

Since its Surrender, the Confederacy’s Values Have Been Ascendant — through the Republican Party

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May 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil War, Civil Rights, Republican Party
December 20, 2019

Q and A: Kerri Greendige Talks About Black Radicalism, Writing History, and Family

December 20, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Kerri Greendige Talks About Black Radicalism, Writing History, and Family

And the Subject of Her New Book, William Monroe Trotter, Who Said, “Agitate, Agitate, Agitate”

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December 20, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
William Monroe Trotter, Civil Rights, Black Radicalism
January 25, 2019

READ THIS: The Blinding of Sgt. Woodard: a Civil Rights Era Crime that Changed America

January 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: The Blinding of Sgt. Woodard: a Civil Rights Era Crime that Changed America

A Victim of Racial Hate Who’s Not as Well-Known as Emmett Till — But Should Be

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January 25, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Read This
Civil Rights, South Carolina, Racism
February 07, 2018

Q&A: A Civil Rights Lawyer Who Helped Defeat Jim Crow Looks Back

February 07, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Civil Rights Lawyer Who Helped Defeat Jim Crow Looks Back

Representing Black Doctors in the Segregated South, Lenny Bruce, and Muhammad Ali

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February 07, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Civil Rights, Law, Racial Segregation
November 07, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: Bob Dylan's Lyrics, the Moral Injuries of War, and More

November 07, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Bob Dylan's Lyrics, the Moral Injuries of War, and More

And a New Take on the Story of Civil Rights Martyr Emmett Till

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November 07, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bob Dylan, Civil War, Civil Rights
October 19, 2016

REVIEW: A True Story of Black Brothers in the Jim Crow South, Turned into Circus Freaks

October 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A True Story of Black Brothers in the Jim Crow South, Turned into Circus Freaks

And a Mother's Courageous Quest to Get Her Sons Back

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October 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Circuses, Racial Discrimination, Southern United States
September 19, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: Georgia's Infamous All-White County, Living Unhappily in a Castle, and More

September 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Georgia's Infamous All-White County, Living Unhappily in a Castle, and More

And the Story of a Trial that Lay the Groundwork for Free Speech in the United States

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September 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil Rights, African-American History, Freedom of the Press, First Amendment
February 23, 2016

Q&A: Will We Ever Fix Our Broken, Discriminatory Voting System?

February 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Will We Ever Fix Our Broken, Discriminatory Voting System?

Michael Waldman discusses his new book, The Fight to Vote

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February 23, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Voting Rights, Law, Civil Rights, Constitution
February 01, 2016

5 Hot Books: Diane Rehm's Somber Memoir, a Stunning Novel About an Opera Star in 19th Century Paris, and More

February 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Diane Rehm's Somber Memoir, a Stunning Novel About an Opera Star in 19th Century Paris, and More

Including a six-generation family history from Lena Horne's daughter

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February 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Civil Rights, Constitution, Germany, Diane Rehm, Fiction
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