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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Where Black history is concerned, America specializes in not knowing Leonard Pitts Jr.: Where Black history is concerned, America specializes in not knowing It’s not just Tulsa. From the 2019 premiere of HBO’s “Watchmen,” which introduced many Americans to a racial atrocity they’d never heard of, to all the recent media attention — CNN, the New York Times, NPR — marking this week’s centennial, the Tulsa Race Massacre of May 31 to June 1, 1921 has lately been inescapable. As well it should be. It stands out for multiple reasons. There is the sheer size of it:...

Reaching Beyond “Black Faces in High Places”: An Interview With Joy James Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House complex on January 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer / Getty Images With the advent of the Biden administration, it’s a crucial time to examine the role anti-Blackness plays not only when it comes to overt white supremacist actions, but also the actions of the government — and other forces of power — more broadly. What ...