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Randall Kennedy Says It Loud. By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins / The Nation
Pioneering Civil Rights Lawyer Lani Guinier Dead At 71. Jessica Gresko and Gary Fields / HuffPost
Even in this time of fear, HBCUs continue the African American spiritual tradition of hope. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6. By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
Major GOP donor sends mass email tying Jews to vaccine genocide conspiracy. By Aldous J Pennyfarthing / Daily Kos
Idaho church window once depicting Robert E. Lee now honors Black female bishop. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism. By Charles C. Camosy / Religion News
Earth: One of God’s failed experiments? By Thomas Reese / RNS
Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s History Lessons. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
U.S.’ oldest surviving WWII veteran, Lawrence Brooks, has died at the age of 112. By Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The two Kentucky CRT bills: Only white history allowed. By Berry Craig / Daily Kos
The Power of Reclaiming My Asian Name. By Marian Chia-Ming Liy / Wash Post
‘If not us, then who?’: inside the landmark push for reparations for Black Californians. By Vivian Ho / The Guardian
The Vitality of Black Criticism. By Daphne A. Brooks / NYT
In Search of the Black Utopia. By Brent Staples / NYT
Rare Toni Morrison Short Story To Be Published This Month. By AP and NPR
“Women of the Movement,” though imperfect, gives life to Emmett Till’s story. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
FAMU alum and professor take one-man show ‘Sugar Ray’ to off-Broadway. By Andrew J. Skerritt / The Undefeated
Ernie Grunfeld’s son details his family’s journey from the Holocaust to the NBA in new book. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
Nico Harrison on the Mavs’ general manager job, life at Nike, Kobe Bryant, Luka Doncic and more. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Amir Johnson Is More Than an Answer in N.B.A. Trivia. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
Sidney Poitier Gave More Than He Was Given. By Samantha N. Sheppard / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured American Democracy is Only 55 Years Old – And Hanging by a Thread. By Van R. Newkirk / The Atlantic Black civil-rights activists—and especially…