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Philip A. Bassett

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Phillip A. Bassett, is the former editor of the Kalamazoo Voice, which was published from 2004-2006. He spends a lot of time trying to get cameras in courtrooms, with only occasional success. His true loves are speaking and singing, and he welcomes the chance to do those whenever he can. Click here to reach Mr. Bassett.

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The King, the Knave and the Knight

By Philip A. Bassett Guest Commentator

A friend tells me there is “no documented evidence” of the KKK in St. Joseph, MI, right across the river from Benton Harbor, a city that is almost entirely populated by black people. But looking at the perfect, sterile beauty of St. Joseph and the boarded-up broken promises of Benton Harbor, it’s hard not to…

A friend tells me there is “no documented evidence” of the KKK in St. Joseph, MI, right across the river from Benton Harbor, a city that…

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