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The persistence of racism in America: What comes next?
Published June 23, 2020Historian and Baltimore resident Martha Jones discusses the role of Black women in the fight for equality and justice, and the overdue need for honest reflection about the roots of a worldwide protest movement. A professor of history and Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor at Johns Hopkins University, her research and writing around voting rights and citizenship help to illuminate not only the germinal ideas of American democracy but also the struggles and achievements of the disenfranchised.
