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Feb 25, 2021 8:23 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — “Caste,” Isabel Wilkerson’s exploration of racism in the United States, and “The Dead are Arising,” an acclaimed biography of Malcolm X, are among this year’s nominees for awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project. The project announced Thursday that Wilkerson is a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize, along with Becky Cooper’s “We Keep the Dead Close,” Seyward Darby’s “Sisters in Hate,” Barton Gellman’s “Dark Mirror” and Jessica Goudeau’s “After the Last Border.” The Luk...

Before She Refused to Give Up Her Seat, Rosa Parks Had a Long History as a Voting Rights Activist Time 2/1/2021 Olivia B. Waxman © Stephen F. Somerstein—Getty Images Rosa Parks speaking at conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery, Ala. Since Election Day 2020, pundits and historians have pointed out that many Black women organizers throughout U.S. history deserve credit for laying the groundwork for the surge in Black voter turnout nationwide. That groundswell helped elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice ...