Picture this: an angry mob of white citizens roaming the streets of their city to execute “justice” by seeking, not criminals who have harmed others, but Black families who achieved some level of financial success in their pursuit of the “American dream.”
From the Reconstruction era all the way to the Obamas in the White House, white anger at the sight of Black excellence has been an all-too common scenario. Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by award-winning author and Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University, Koritha Mitchell, as they discuss her latest book, From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture, published by University of Illinois Press.
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