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Riché Richardson

Riché Richardson is an associate professor at Cornell University and a Public Voices Fellow with the Op-Ed Project. Her essays have appeared in a range of books and journals. She is author of Black Masculinity and the U.S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta (2007). icon

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The rise of Donald Trump has thrust the Ku Klux Klan into the national spotlight. To better understand the true threat of the Klan and its history of violence and ...

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