DJ Polite is a visiting assistant professor of African American studies at the College of Charleston. He earned his PhD in history from the University of South Carolina, where he c...view moreDJ Polite is a visiting assistant professor of African American studies at the College of Charleston. He earned his PhD in history from the University of South Carolina, where he completed his dissertation, “Democracy, Citizenship, and Puerto Rican Autonomy under the U.S. Jim Crow Empire.” His writings have appeared in the Washington Post, Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association, Black Perspectives, and Activist History Review, among others.view less