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Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”

Jelani Cobb The New Yorker
The film represents a departure for the “Black Panther” director, and a creative risk; it grapples with ideas about music, race, family, religion—and vampires.

Operation Dixie Failed but Pushed Racial Equality Forward

William P. Jones, Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin
The famous Operation Dixie campaign to unionize the South in the 1940s was mostly unsuccessful. Still, it left a positive mark on American society. It’s even possible that the civil rights movement wouldn't have staged the March on Washington without

Reggie Jackson Speaks the Ugly Truth About Baseball’s Past

Dave Zirin The Nation
Baseball legend Reggie Jackson tells the Fox Sports audience the truth about playing baseball in the 1960s in the South. “I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.” He then spoke for several minutes about being treated like something less than human.

How Alabama Communists Organized in the Jim Crow South

Robin D.G. Kelly, Daniel Denvir Jacobin
In 1930s Alabama, Communist Party members fought brutal repression to organize black and white workers in the Jim Crow South. Their efforts remain a source of inspiration for those fighting racism and exploitation today.
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