Robin D. G. Kelley

Robin D.G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of US History at UCLA. His books include Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination and Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original.

Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act: An Exchange

“The climate of fear created by these laws makes actual enforcement unnecessary.”

July 11, 2023

The Long War on Black Studies

It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle.

June 17, 2023

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