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DUCHESS HARRIS, PhD, JD

MIRIAM (Duchess) HARRIS   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS  “I wouldn’t trade nothing for my journey now.“   Dr. Harris is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College. She joined the faculty in 1998 and has expertise in 20th-century political history, feminist theory, and race and the law. “Special Assistant to the Provost for …

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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry Playwright, Activist, and Author Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest American playwright ever to win the Best American Play Award from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle for A Raisin in the Sun. Her other works include The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Les Blancs.  By Dale Ricardo Shields (c) All Rights Reserved …

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Robert Fleming

 _Robert           Fleming “Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts, and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.”  – Martin Delany Robert Fleming‘s writing career started in earnest with an editorial job for Encore Magazine, a news …

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Toni King

Dr. Toni King Professor of Black and Women Studies and Author   Biography Toni King came to the University in 1997 and holds a joint appointment in Black Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. Since that time she has served intermittently as the Director of the Center for Black Studies, and contributed broadly to the …

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