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The Tormented Tenth: What W.E.B. Du Bois Didn’t Foresee
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The Tormented Tenth: What W.E.B. Du Bois Didn’t Foresee
In his essay “The Talented Tenth,” W.E.B. Du Bois called on the best and brightest African-Americans to distinguish themselves “from the…
Woody Lewis
Mar 23
Shorting The Big Short
Shorting The Big Short
I avoided Liar’s Poker when it was published in 1989, a year that I would just as soon forget. In the early spring, I separated from my…
Woody Lewis
Feb 4
The Defiant Ones — Yahoo and Time Inc.
The Defiant Ones — Yahoo and Time Inc.
In Stanley Kramer’s 1958 film The Defiant Ones, two escaped chain gang prisoners — Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis — navigate a swamp-ridden…
Woody Lewis
Feb 24
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Near the Edge of Gotham
Near the Edge of Gotham
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Woody Lewis
Feb 15
Hope I Get Old Before I Die
Hope I Get Old Before I Die
I’ve already written about David Bowie, a personal recollection that channeled a number of memories, the late Sixties and issues still to…
Woody Lewis
Jan 23
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