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PROFESSOR ADRIANE LENTZ-SMITH ON THE LEGACY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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is associate professor of history at Duke University, North Carolina. A scholar of African-American history as well as 20th-century America, her works include (Harvard University Press, 2009). To hear Professor Lentz-Smith discuss the Civil Rights Movement on our new podcast series, scan the QR code shown here or visit

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