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October 31, 1994
Charles Murray, Richard J. Herrnstein
Race, Genes and I.Q. — An Apologia
The case for conservative multiculturalism
October 31, 1994
The New Republic
In Response to "Race, Genes and I.Q."
September 19, 1994
Jim Sleeper
The Clash
Sharpton vs. Moynihan
May 9, 1994
Jim Sleeper
Apple Juice
How can Giuliani show he's color-blind on corruption?
January 10, 1994
Jim Sleeper
Psycho-Killer?
The origins of Colin Ferguson's hate
June 28, 1993
Jim Sleeper
Anti-Anti Racist
A case study in racial politics
June 1, 1992
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Fire Last Time
What James Baldwin can and can't teach America.
May 25, 1992
Barry Scheck
Following Orders
Why did the jury vote to acquit the police officers who beat Rodney King?
October 28, 1991
Gerald Early
Divine Punches
Muhammad Ali made every big fight into a moment of moral and political crisis in the culture.
September 10, 1990
Jim Sleeper
New York Stories
The racial wages of misogyny
December 5, 1988
MagazineBen J. Wattenberg
The Curse of Jesse
July 4, 1970
Mary McGrory
The Fourth of July That Was
May 24, 1948
Walter White
Sojourner Truth: Friend of Freedom
The former slave left an indelible imprint on America, despite a series of tremendous obstacles.
March 27, 1944
Langston Hughes
Down Under in Harlem
August 26, 1931
Edmund Wilson
The Freight-Car Case
December 7, 1921
W.E.B. Du Bois
A Second Journey to Pan-Africa
February 18, 1920
W.E.B. Du Bois
On Being Black
An excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois's 1920 book "Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil"
February 5, 1916
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Education of Black Folk
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