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Race

Illustration of Chester Himes in grays, blacks, and reds
The lonely crusader
Published Fall 2017
Lawrence Jackson profiles the work of Chester Himes, who all but invented the black crime novel / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Music
Art, ethics, and activism
Published Jan 17, 2017
In 'Unseen,' Peabody composer Judah Adashi explores the life and death of Kalief Browder / Bioethics Bulletin
Education
Still pertinent after 50 years
Published Winter 2016
The Coleman Report set the standard for the study of public education / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Presenters seated on stage with colorful mural backdrop
Redlining Baltimore
Discussing discrimination, past and present
Published April 7, 2016
JHU's 21st Century Cities Initiative hosts first of four conversations on Baltimore's deep-seated race issues
Angela Davis
Race in America
Activist Angela Davis to speak at Homewood
Published Jan 12, 2016
Leading thinker on racial politics, criminal justice visits as part of JHU Forums on Race in America
Charles Blow (right) responds to a question while seated on stage in front of a blue Johns Hopkins banner; moderator Lester Spence is seated to Blow's right
JHU Race Forum
On police brutality, 'the two black Americas'
Published Oct 29, 2015
'New York Times' journalist Charles Blow visits Homewood campus for second event in JHU Forums on Race in America series
MSE Symposium
D. Watkins on activism, race
Published Oct 8, 2015
Baltimore-born author, JHU alum visits campus as part of MSE Symposium
Confronting race
Published Fall 2015
Baltimore's D. Watkins releases his debut essay collection / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Commentary
A life full of injustices
Published May 7, 2015
What is unjust about what happened to Freddie Gray goes far beyond what happened on April 12
Commentary
Black culture not the problem
Published May 1, 2015
JHU's Nathan Connolly on the economics behind Baltimore's unrest / The New York Times