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Lance Hill

Lance Hill, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Southern Institute for Education and Research at Tulane University and author of The Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement. He can be contacted at [email protected]. Home

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Who elected Ray Nagin?

By Lance Hill

This article originally appeared in Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch. I was surprised too. But there were hints along the way. Back in September it was hard to find an African American who had anything good to say about New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. In early September, New Orleans Rap artist “Juvenile” penned the song “Get…

This article originally appeared in Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch. I was surprised too. But there were hints along the way. Back in September it was hard…

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