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Asim on Fourth of July and Independence: WBUR

Jabari Asim, Writing, Literature and Publishing associate professor and Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow, contributed to a WBUR Cognoscenti piece titled “July 4th Is Different This Year, And Also The Same. ‘Independence’ Day Is Complicated” and shared the reasons his family does not celebrate the holiday.

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Jackson on Race, Pop Culture: CNN

Executive in Residence and Director of the Business of Creative Enterprises Program Wes Jackson contributed to an article examining race and pop culture in the wake of civil unrest across the country, as the murders George Floyd and other Black men and women have sparked protests and a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement.