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By Matthew Frye Jacobson, author of Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era: A Cultural HistoryIt has been supremely challenging, in the face of the constant emergencies and the grotesque uncertainties of the twenty-first century, to address questions of race a

Looking to the past and exploring the presentThroughout the month of February, UC Press will highlight books we have had the privilege to publish. Books featured raise Black voices, highlight the works of Black artists, bring forth the history, and speak about the issues facing the Black communi