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Historian Orville Vernon Burton and civil rights lawyer Armand Derfner shine a powerful light on the Court's race record - a legacy at times uplifting, but more often distressing and sometimes disgraceful. For nearly a century, the Court ensured that the 19th-century Reconstruction Amendments would not truly free and enfranchise African Americans. And the 21st century has seen a steady erosion of commitments to enforcing hard-won rights.

Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that ambition for Black women cannot be measured only by political candidacies and ascents of the political chain of power. Black women are uniquely positioned within their communities to influence politics and public policy, which stems from unique variables of socialization, gender and racial identity, and marginalization that shape the political attitudes of Black women. Thus, Dowe asserts that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision.

One of the nation's preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker, Glaude shows how we have the power to be the heroes that our democracy so desperately requires.

At the same time that the Civil Rights Movement brought increasing opportunities for blacks, the United States liberalized its immigration policy. While the broadening of the United States's borders to non-European immigrants fits with a black political agenda of social justice, recent waves of immigration have presented a dilemma for blacks, prompting ambivalent or even negative attitudes toward migrants. What has an expanded immigration regime meant for how blacks express national attachment?

One promise of democracy is the right of every citizen to vote. And yet, from our founding, strong political forces were determined to limit that right. The Supreme Court, Alexander Hamilton wrote, would protect the weak against this very sort of tyranny. Still, as On Account of Race forcefully demonstrates, through the better part of American history the Court has instead been a protector of white rule. And complex threats against the right to vote persist even today.

"African Union Issues Biting Report on Crisis in South Sudan" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"African Elephant Population Dropped 30 Percent in 7 Years" is from the September 01, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Niraj Chokshi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"African Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Norimitsu Onishi and narrated by Keith-Sellon Wright .

"Remains Discovered at an East Harlem Site Thought to Be an African Burial Ground" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by David W. Dunlap and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Revelations from Panama Papers Are Old News for Africans" is from the April 14, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Cowell and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Angry Tweets Won't Help African Lions" is from the July 02, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Conniff and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Kaine Recalled for Commitment to Richmond's African-Americans" is from the July 31, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Mahler and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Al-Qaida's African Offshoot Makes a Lethal Comeback" is from March 15, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Dionne Searcey, Eric Schmitt and Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Battle to Build an African-American Museum" is from the September 04, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Graham Bowley and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Security Fears Hang over African Marathons" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Ken Maguire and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"A Small African Nation Severs Ties with Taiwan, and Beijing Applauds" is from the December 23, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Ives and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Trustees Elect Carnegie's Hall's First African-American Chairman" is from the June 03, 2016, Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Cooper and David Gelles and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Desperation Rising at Home, Africans Increasingly Turn to Risky Seas" is from the June 17, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Dionne Searcey and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"U.S. To Ban Commercial Trade of African Elephant Ivory" is from the June 02, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jada F. Smith and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"South Africans Head to Polls amid Fierce Challenge to Party of Mandela" is from the August 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Norimitsu Onishi and narrated by Kristi Burns.