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Dates: during 2005-2005
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Despite the originality of Shelby’s interpretation of black solidarity throughout the ages, the first 100 or so pages of the book are a bit dry. In this portion, the book reads more like a musty encyclopedia??€”defying the hip image conveyed by the young red-shirted man who poses with outstretched arms on the cover. I admit, I found myself feeling as though I were reading an overlong introduction to an Expos 20 paper. Indeed, I wondered when Shelby would move beyond setting up his argument and actually advance it by adding a new dimension...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Prof Seeks Basis for ‘Blackness’ | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

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