The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisThe great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called "Double Consciousness," a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois's words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant

but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love

Amari can’t seem to escape their intense doubt and scrutiny—especially once her supernaturally enhanced talent is deemed “illegal

Addy is face-to-face with her destiny and haunting past

But from that journey

I've sometimes had to feel like I have to contort myself to fit into some of your words

Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society

Abolition for the People brings together thirty essays representing a diversity of voices--political prisoners

Emdin demonstrates the importance of creating a family structure and building communities within the classroom

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Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda

they remain as close as sisters

But she stops