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Steven Pitts

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Steven Pitts, PhD, is a Labor Policy Specialist at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. Click here to contact Dr. Pitts.

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Commentary

In Honor of Manning

By Steven Pitts Editorial Board

Manning Marable—Brother Manning Marable—Ever since I received the e-mail announcing his passing I have been despondent. I did not know him that well. I had met him at a few conferences. We had a couple of e-mail and telephone conversations. But given the tightly networked world of the Black Left, there was less than six…

Manning Marable—Brother Manning Marable—Ever since I received the e-mail announcing his passing I have been despondent. I did not know him that well. I had met…

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Commentary

To Remake Our World: Forging Black – Brown Unity in the Age of Immigrants

By Steven Pitts Editorial Board

[These remarks are adapted from a speech delivered at the Cinco de Mayo Banquet organized by the San Francisco chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) on May 5, 2008] The great Black poet, Langston Hughes – an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance and the Popular Front cultural politics prior to…

[These remarks are adapted from a speech delivered at the Cinco de Mayo Banquet organized by the San Francisco chapter of the Labor Council for Latin…

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