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We Who Are Dark

The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity

Tommie Shelby

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ISBN 9780674025714

Publication Date: 09/15/2007

336 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Tommie Shelby is Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University.

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In the Boston Globe, read Professor Shelby’s call to honor MLK’s legacy by eradicating economic inequality
In the Harvard Gazette, read Shelby’s reflections on Dr. King’s life, death, and legacy for the nation at the time of his assassination fifty years ago—and now
At ABC Religion & Ethics, read Shelby’s comparison of Dr. King’s and President Barack Obama’s approaches to racial justice
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