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Mindy Thompson Fullilove on a new edition of Homeboy Came to Orange

April 3, 2019 • by Mindy Fullilove and Evangeline Riddiford Graham

Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People’s Power is Ernest’s tale of his life in organizing, written with his daughter, New School professor Mindy Thompson Fullilove. First published in 1976, a new edition of the Homeboy Came to Orange was released by New Village Press last year, and features a new foreword ...

Understanding – and Overcoming – Slavery’s Long Legacy of Inequality

Summer reading is mostly supposed to be light books that go with beaches and barbeques. I’m recommending three books that, while not light, will have the paradoxical effect of making you feel better about these difficult times! How can that be, you might ask. We are approaching the 400th anniversary of ...